Patrol deputies at the Bradley County Sheriff’s Office responded to a domestic violence call on Poindexter Drive Thursday night after a call to the 9-1-1 center indicating the situation had erupted into gunfire.  

Robert Earl Lee Fields

    The first units on scene to investigate were told the three victims had left the area in fear for their safety. It was also learned the suspect, Robert Earl Lee Fields, left separately in a green Dodge van.

       Deputies found Field’s wife, 17 year-old son, and brother at the Bradley County Justice Center. They reported he fired 5 or 6 rounds from an assault rifle in their direction as they ran away but none of them were hit.  

     Fields was traced to a relative on Upper River Road.  He was taken into custody by Polk County Sheriff’s deputies and brought back to Bradley County where he has been charged with domestic assault and three counts of attempted first degree murder.