White Co. Man Arrested And Charged With Second Degree Murder

A White County man has been arrested and charged with the murder of an acquaintance and the assault of another.

Authorities determined 64-year-old Ossie Nash Jr. shot and killed 66-year-old John Thomas Clouse and pointed a gun at another man during a confrontation. The incident occurred Wednesday night at a home in the 200 block of Derossett Loop.

Nash was arrested and charged with one count of Second Degree Murder and one count of Aggravated Assault. He is in the custody of the White County Sheriff’s Office on a $300,000 bond.