Cellphone Confession

"WISE, VA — Law enforcement authorities in two counties are investigating an apparent murder/ suicide on Wednesday.

"The Wise County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday said the county’s emergency dispatch center received a call of a shooting at 8:37 p.m. Wednesday. Deputies were at the scene off Coeburn Mountain Road, not far from the town of Wise, within minutes.

"Authorities found Robert Edward Nash, 39, 10531 Coeburn Mountain Road, in his home with gunshot wounds. Nash was transported to Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport by Virginia State Police MedFlight, where he later died.

"Officers with the Wise County Sheriff’s Office, Dickenson County Sheriff’s Office, Virginia State Police and Wise Police Department received information prompting a search for Bradley Scott Stanley, 28, of 770 Brush Creek Road, Clintwood, in Dickenson County.

"Wise County Sheriff Ronnie Oakes on Thursday said Stanley contacted authorities in Dickenson County after the shooting admitting he shot Nash. Police eventually located Stanley’s body at the Birch Knob Fire Tower around midnight. Stanley was dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

"Wise County authorities believe Stanley lured Nash to the front door of his home and shot Nash through the glass storm door. Officials said Stanley fled the scene and used his cell phone to confess to police and others he shot Nash."

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