TIPTONVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The man accused of killing four people in Lake County appeared virtually before the court and one of the victim’s families on Thursday morning.

The Lake County Courthouse saw 28-year-old Austin Drummond via video conference call as the judge read aloud the charges against him.

Drummond is charged with four counts of first-degree murder, as well as aggravated kidnapping and abandonment.

The judge revealed that the four Tiptonville victims were found shot to death.

One of the victims is Matthew Wilson, who was also the father of the baby Drummond allegedly abandoned.

“Matthew was a good father. He was a good boy, he was a good brother, he was a damn good son,” Matthew’s father Matt Wilson said.

He said he was pleased after learning that the man who allegedly

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