The Binge Crimes: Night Shift - Introducing... Witnessed: Friendly Fire

Episode Date: May 25, 2022

When a K-9 officer in the Scott County, Tennessee, Sheriff’s Department winds up shot at the hands of his partner, a grieving widow takes it upon herself to untangle the truth from the lies. Was it just a  catastrophic accident? Or an intentional killing? National Magazine  Award-winning reporter Sean Flynn returns to Scott County two decades after the shooting to tell the story of one woman’s pursuit of justice—and one community’s enduring reckoning with the fallout. Available June 6, 2022, everywhere you listen to podcasts.  Witnessed: Friendly Fire is part of The Binge — a podcast channel from Sony Music Entertainment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

I've lived here pretty much all my life. Small town. Everybody knows everybody. A great place to raise your family. There a lot of drugs in Scott County? Yeah. The story begins with a drug bust and a gunshot. Got one with a shotgun in the woods. One officer down. One officer down. His life was given to protect and to serve Scott County.

A county run by a sheriff's office that casts a long shadow. We've had some pretty bad sheriffs in here, but more bad ones than we have good ones. Jim Carson was unbeatable until that happened. The story isn't about who did it. I came here because I want you all to know that this case was wrestled with, looked at, gone over, reinvestigated. It's about why. I thought they were friends, best friends.

You could kind of cover up a little dope dealing. And he told me, he said, if I come up missing, you'll know what happened to me. And it's about one person who wouldn't let it go. This whole scenario is just not making sense to me. Just my gut feeling. What happens when the story just doesn't add up? He said, you've got this all wrong. I'm Sean Flint. 14 years ago, I went to Scott County, Tennessee and wrote a magazine story. Then I went back to take another look at a shooting that's left a question lingering for 20 years. Was it an accident or a deliberate killing? God knows.

And you're going to hear 1,500 stories of how it happened, how this took place. And will we ever know the truth? Probably not unless somebody comes forward. We can take a pretty good stab at it, though. I'll consult you, copy. From Campside Media and Sony Music Entertainment, this is Witnessed, Friendly Fire, coming June 6th. Binge all episodes on Apple Podcasts

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