Clinton County Sheriff’s Department searching for Tennessee murder suspect

CLINTON COUNTY, Ky. – The Clinton County Sheriff’s Department is searching for a man wanted in a Tennessee murder investigation.

CCSD says Pickett County, Tennessee 911 contacted the department Wednesday regarding a murder suspect, Jesse Phillips, being in the area.

Phillips allegedly shot a victim in the chest and fled Pickett County.

The dispatchers told CCSD that Phillips was driving a small black pickup truck with a yellow hood.

CCSD says it later located the truck at a home on Norman Cole Road.

Phillips is a white male who is 5’11” and weighs 215 pounds. He has brown hair and brown eyes.

Phillips has a half-barbed wire, half tribal tattoo on his left arm, a skill tattoo on his right upper arm and an “oulaw” tattoo on his right elbow.

Phillips is charged with second-degree murder.

CCSD says Phillips is armed and dangerous and should not be approached.

If located, call 911.

The investigation is ongoing.