An attorney for a man charged with killing four members of the same family told a judge on Monday that he plans to request that a jury from outside the county hear the case, which set a swath of rural Tennessee on edge as the man eluded authorities for a week after the shootings.

Austin Robert Drummond pleaded not guilty in his first court appearance since he was indicted on charges including first-degree murder and aggravated kidnapping in the July 29 shootings in Lake County, in rural northwest Tennessee. He was also charged with weapons offenses.

Prosecutors have said they plan to seek the death penalty if Drummond is convicted of first-degree murder at trial.

During the brief hearing, Drummond's attorney, Bryan Huffman, told Circuit Court Judge Mark Hayes that he intends to fi

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