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Man arrested after woman killed, child injured in Hardin County

The Hardin County Sheriff's Department went to investigate a homicide Sunday, Dec. 15, around 4 p.m. in the 100 block of Emmaus Way in Savannah.
Credit: WATN

HARDIN COUNTY, Tenn. — A man is in jail after a shooting left a woman dead and child injured Sunday in Hardin County.

The Hardin County Sheriff's Department went to investigate a homicide around 4 p.m. in the 100 block of Emmaus Way in Savannah, where deputies found 24-year-old Zoe Johnson shot. Deputies also found a 3-year-old child who had been shot.

First responders rushed Johnson to the Hardin Medical Center, where she died. The child was taken to a Nashville hospital in critical condition. 

Authorities later arrested 42-year-old Clint Newton, taking him to the Hardin County Jail and charging him with second-degree murder.

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