Eddie Arnold Leach
A KINGSPORT MAN IS FACING ASSAULT CHARGES AFTER POLICE SAY HE ALLEGEDLY SHOT ANOTHER MAN FOLLOWING A DISPUTE. SULLIVAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO A CALL OF AN ALTERCATION ON LONE OAK DRIVE NEAR KINGSPORT. 58 YEAR OLD EDDIE ARNOLD LEACH IS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT. CAPTAIN KEITH ELTON SAID LEACH CAME TO THE RESIDENCE INTOXICATED AND GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT WITH ROBERT BEASLEY, JR. A STRUGGLE BETWEEN THE TWO ENSUED AFTER WHICH THE PISTOL DISCHARGED STRIKING EASLEY ABOVE THE KNEE. EASLEY WAS TAKEN TO HOLSTON VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER FOR TREATMENT. THE INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING.