WHITE PINE, Tenn. — The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office Investigation Division responded to a homicide in the 3000 block of Hardy Road on Monday morning.
According to Jefferson County Sheriff Jeff Coffey, 911 received a call at 1:49 a.m. from a man who said he’d just shot his mother.
When deputies arrived at the home, they found 26-year-old Anthony Brian Hicks sitting on the front porch and a woman sitting in a car who had died from a gunshot wound, according to officials. The woman was identified as 48-year-old Christa Tipton Hicks, Anthony's mother.
Hicks was taken into custody and is being charged with first-degree murder, according to JCSO.
The White Pine Police Department and agents from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation were on scene as well, according to officials.