Two dead in Roane County shooting

Two people were killed in a shooting in southern Roane County Thursday evening and one suspect was in custody at a nearby hospital.

One of the victims is believed to be a sheriff’s deputy who was responding to a complaint at a home, according to dispatchers and television reports.

The man considered the primary suspect, Rocky Houston, was in custody at Oak Ridge Hospital as of 8 p.m. EDT, said Jennifer Johnson, spokeswoman for the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.

Immediately after the shooting at around 6 p.m., authorities were searching for a pair of white males, possibly injured by gunshots and driving a gold Buick LeSabre.

It was unclear what kind of injuries Houston suffered or if there was another suspect still at large, Johnson said.