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Putnam County authorities arrested a man Monday morning on charges related to a Friday night shooting.
Public Information Officer Laura Hull said sheriff’s deputies located Avert Lee Johnson at a Boatman Street residence in Cookeville.
The 38-year-old suspect has a $100,000 bond and faces an aggravated assault charge.
The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office issued a BOLO alert for Johnson after he fled the scene of a Friday night shooting on Bunker Hill Road near the White County line.
The shooting wounded a 26-year-old White County man. A 31-year-old female and 31-year-old male suffered non-life-threatening injuries from an assault during the incident.
Officials said Johnson has a lengthy criminal history in Putnam County dating back to 2013.
