Corey Houge (middle) killed an Indian-origin grocery store owner (left) and a Bangladeshi gas station worker in two separate incidents in Tennessee.
The man who opened fire and killed Suresh Patel, an Indian-origin grocery shop owner, in Tennessee’s Jackson on August 20, faces the death penalty in another murder. Corey Houge was arraigned in Crockett County Circuit Court Wednesday, where district attorney Frederick Agee told Judge Clayburn Peeples that the state will be seeking the death penalty against Corey Houge for the shooting death of Shahed Rana Moshsin, 36. The Jackson Police Department said on August 20th, just before 9:00 p.m., a masked gunman, later identified as Houge, entered Ridgecrest Cellars at 2880 Ridgecrest Road and demanded money from the three employees working at the business. On Sunday, investigators with the Jackson Police Department, FBI, and ATF located Corey Houge driving his Buick Lucerne in the area of Lawrence Switch Road near Highway 70 in Jackson.
Jackdon Police Department said utilizing the recovered video and Flock, a Buick Lucerne was identified as a potential suspect vehicle, and Corey Houge was developed as a potential suspect. The officers attempted to initiate a traffic stop, but said Houge fled at a high rate of speed, crashed in front of a Burger King on Christmasville Road, and attempted to carjack a customer. Even after there was no resistance as the employees turned the money over to the gunman, the accused opened fire and fled the business. Patel was declared dead.