Overview
- Officials say Jesse Phillips allegedly shot a person in the chest in Pickett County and fled in a small black pickup with a yellow hood.
- Pickett County 911 notified Clinton County and a Clinton County deputy later found the suspect’s pickup at Phillips’s Norman Cole Road home but did not take him into custody.
- Phillips is wanted on a charge of second-degree murder and is being treated as armed and dangerous, with police urging the public not to approach him and to call 911 with tips.
- Authorities describe the located truck as a substantive investigative lead that may yield evidence but do not consider the case closed because Phillips remains at large.
- Officials have released few details about motive or the victim while investigators continue coordinated searches, follow-up at the vehicle, and increased patrols that could affect nearby residents.