November 1, 2019
By: Dwayne Page
A man lost his life after being shot in the chest at a home in Liberty on Halloween night.
The name of the victim is 37 year old Tyler Durden and the man responsible for the shooting is his step father, 50 year old Albert Wayne Fisher, Jr. of Eckles Heights Street, Liberty. Fisher has been arrested and charged with 2nd degree murder. He is under a $500,000 bond and he will make a court appearance on November 7.
The case is being investigated by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, the 13th District Attorney General’s Office and the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department.
“On October 31 2019 at 6:01 p.m., central dispatch received a call reporting a man had been shot at a residence on Eckels Heights Street in the town of Liberty. An off-duty detective was present at a public event close to the address of the shooting. The off-duty detective shortly arrived on the scene and took the shooter into custody before other county deputies arrived on the scene,” said Sheriff Patrick Ray in a prepared statement.
“The shooting victim was transported from the scene by DeKalb EMS to Ascension St. Thomas DeKalb Hospital and was later taken by DeKalb EMS to Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville where the victim succumbed to his injuries,” Sheriff Ray said.
The warrant reads: On or about the 31st of October 2019 in DeKalb County Tennessee, Albert Wayne Fisher Jr. did knowingly and unlawfully kill (the victim) by shooting him in the chest with a handgun in violation of TCA 39-13-210, against the peace and dignity of the State of Tennessee.
No other details were provided as to the motive or circumstances surrounding the shooting.