A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING AN EMPLOYEE OF A CITY CAR DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN ARRAIGNED IN GENERAL SESSIONS COURT. 33 YEAR OLD HARVEY BOWMAN JR. IS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER AND ESPECIALLY AGGRAVATED ROBBERY IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF 67 YEAR OLD WAYLAND MANIS. MANIS WAS FOUND YESTERDAY MORNING AT MURPHY’S AUTO ON LYNN GARDEN DRIVE WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE BACK OF THE HEAD. DETECTIVES CORPORAL FRANK LIGHT SAYS A STOLEN VEHICLE THAT WAS TAKEN FROM THE CAR LOT WAS FOUND A SHORT TIME LATER ON EAST STONE DRIVE NEAR KAY’S UNIFORMS…..
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HARVEY’S BROTHER, 27 YEAR OLD JAMES R. BOWMAN IS CHARGED WITH ACCESSORY AFTER THE FACT AND THEFT OVER A THOUSAND DOLLARS. MEANWHILE, HARVEY BOWMAN IS ALSO CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED BURGLARY AND THEFT OF PROPERTY OVER ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS IN RELATION TO A SEPARATE INCIDENT IN WHICH A HOME ON BRANCH STREET WAS BURGLARIZED ON JANUARY 9TH. A HANDGUN AND SEVERAL RIFLES WERE STOLEN. IT’S BELIEVE ONE OF THE GUNS TAKEN IN THE ROBBERY WAS USED IN THE SHOOTING AT MURPHY’S AUTO. HARVEY BOWMAN IS BEING HELD ON A HALF-A-MILLION DOLLARS BOND, WHILE HIS BROTHER’S BOND IS SET AT THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS. light1.mp3