April 7, 2021 Springfield Man Found Dead Following Cottontown Shooting COTTONTOWN TENNESSEE: (Smokey Barn News) – A Springfield man is dead and another man injured following a shooting and subsequent suicide in Cottontown Wednesday morning. Around 9:05 am, Deputies responded to 132 Shun Pike in Cottontown for a report of a shooting. Deputies arrived to find that an adult male had been shot in the face while outside of that location. Deputies and Sumner County EMS rendered aid, and the victim was transported from the scene by LifeFlight. Sponsored According to the Sumner County Sheriff’s Office, witnesses at the scene described and identified Dontarius Long, age 25 of Springfield, as having been the shooter. Mr. Long was reported to have fled the scene on foot along with a female juvenile. Witnesses stated that Long and the juvenile were last seen running toward Hwy. 76.