MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- A Tipton County man allegedly hit and killed a man with his car while driving through the front yard of a home and firing a gun Friday morning.

The Tipton County Sheriff's Office says Andrew E. Cates, 29, was taken into custody. His charges have not been released.

Reports say, at around 1:30 a.m., deputies arrived in the area of Turkey Scratch Road and Hazel Grove Road in response to a man driving down the road randomly firing a weapon. Shortly afterward, they were told that a man had been injured.

When officers arrived on the scene, they found a man who had been run over in the front yard of a home. The man, identified as Larry "Shane" Coats, 50, of Covington, was pronounced dead on the scene.

Witnesses identified the man responsible as Cates, who they saw leaving th

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