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Evan Cogdill Charged in Fatal Shooting at Dolly Parton’s Stampede Parking Lot

Investigators say the gun fired inside a parked car.

Overview

  • Evan Cogdill, 24, was booked Sunday on a criminally negligent homicide charge after a man was shot at Dolly Parton’s Stampede in Pigeon Forge.
  • Police say Cogdill’s firearm went off inside a parked car and struck 22-year-old Jacob Inselmann.
  • The shot was reported around 7:30 p.m. Saturday as the first dinner show was ending in the venue’s parking lot.
  • Inselmann, of Steeleville, Illinois, was pronounced dead at LeConte Medical Center after being taken from the scene.
  • Investigators say Cogdill, of Marissa, Illinois, contacted police after the shot, and the case remains active.