Inset (left): Kayla Winkles (GoFundMe). Inset (right): Joseph Cook (Dickson County Sheriff's Office). Background: News footage of the scene of the White Bluff, Tenn., home where Kayla Winkles was allegedly shot (WKRN).
A Tennessee man was arrested after police said he fatally shot his sister following an argument in her driveway.
Joseph Cook, 31, is charged with first-degree murder in connection with the shooting death of his sister, 35-year-old Kayla Winkles. According to reporting by local ABC affiliate WKRN, the Dickson County Sheriff's Office responded to calls about a shooting at a home in White Bluff, Tennessee, on Friday morning. Deputies arrived at 7:30 a.m. and found Winkles suffering from a gunshot wound in her driveway. She was taken to TriStar Horizon Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead.
Capt. Jennifer Carruthers with the Dickson County Sheriff's Office told WKRN that the siblings were having "some sort of argument."
WKRN reported that deputies arrested Cook at the scene without incident. He is being held at the Dickson County Jail on $2 million bond.
Winkles' boyfriend of almost 15 years, Paris Triggs, told WKRN that the couple's five children were inside the house getting ready for school when their mother was allegedly killed. Police did not provide a reason for the argument Winkles was having with her brother, or why Cook was at the house on Friday morning.
Savannah Carr, Winkles' best friend, also told WKRN she spoke to Winkles by phone every morning. At 7:05 a.m. on the day of the alleged shooting, Carr said, "I was like, 'I should call Kayla.' And then I didn't. And I regret that."
A GoFundMe campaign was started to help Triggs and Winkles' family raise money for funeral expenses.
The Dickson County Sheriff's Office told WKRN that the department would provide support and counseling for Winkles' children.
Cook is scheduled to appear in court on Nov. 16.
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