Weekend homicide under investigation
Posted/updated on: June 2, 2026 at 9:41 pm
TENNESSEE COLONY — The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal shooting Friday night. According to our news partner KETK, arriving deputies found Joni Williams, 54 of Tennessee Colony, dead from an apparent gunshot wound. Judge Tammy Lightfoot responded to the scene of the shooting to pronounce Williams dead and she also ordered an autopsy. Authorities are apparently attempting to contact her ex-boyfriend for questioning.
On Saturday, at around 5:45 p.m., the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office was notified that Williams’ ex-boyfriend Bruce Kenton Jeffers, 65 was arrested by an Arizona Department of Public Safety Trooper on Interstate 10 near Benson, Arizona.
Jeffers was arrested on a warrant for violating his bond conditions. The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office said they intend to extradite him to Texas.
