Ronnie Hines, 40, was shot and killed in Jackson, Tennessee, on February 18, 2019, after intervening to break up a disturbance at a Coach Drive residence. Hines asked two women to leave during a dispute; the women returned with a man identified as Robert James Tipler. Witnesses said one of the women pointed Hines out to Tipler, who then approached, shook Hines’s hand and immediately opened fire. Officers arriving about 11 p.m. found Hines gravely wounded on the side of the street; he later died. Investigators recovered 15 shell casings at the scene and determined Hines suffered at least 11 gunshot wounds to the head.

Tipler, 34 and from Lexington, Tennessee, was identified by multiple witnesses and had prior convictions including Reckless Endangerment with a Deadly Weapon and Tampering with Evidence. A Madison County Grand Jury indicted him for first-degree murder and for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm on December 2, 2019. The killing is described by witnesses as a seemingly deliberate, targeted act rather than an accident.

If anyone knew Ronnie Hines or witnessed the events on Coach Drive the night of February 18, 2019, please share information that could help clarify what happened.