Loudon shooting suspect now on TBI Most Wanted list

LENOIR CITY, Tennessee (WDEF) – The TBI has added an East Tennessee shooting suspect to their ten most wanted list.

The Loudon County Sheriff’s Office is looking for James Michael Smith.

They say on Monday, he was parked in a car next to the vehicle of a man with whom he had been “feuding for some time,” according to investigators.

Investigators say he shot the man at least twice with a high powered handgun.

The victim’s wife and two year old son was in the same car.

The man was operated on last night and remains in intensive care on Wednesday.

Smith is six feet, weighing about 217 pounds with brown eyes and hair.

He may be driving a maroon Ford F-150 pickup truck.

If you have seen him, please call the TBI at 1-800-TBI-FIND.

There is a $2,500 reward for information leading to his arrest.