A BRISTOL TENNESSEE MAN IS FACING SECOND DEGREE MURDER CHARGES FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER EARLIER THIS MONTH. BRISTOL POLICE RESPONDED TO A REPORT OF A SHOOTING AT AN APARTMENT ON BROAD STREET ON APRIL 17TH. THE VICTIM, JOHNNY LAMBERT, LATER DIED DURING SURGERY AT BRISTOL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER. THE VICTIM’S SON, 20 YEAR OLD ERIC JOHN LAMBERT, TOLD POLICE THE SHOOTING WAS ACCIDENTAL. HOWEVER, EVIDENCE COLLECTED AT THE CRIME SCENE AND DURING INTERVIEWS CONTRADICTED THE STATEMENT. AFTER A CONSULTATION WITH THE SULLIVAN COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, AN ARREST WARRANT FOR ERIC JOHN LAMBERT WAS ISSUED CHARGING HIM IN RELATION TO THE INCIDENT. THE YOUNGER LAMBERT WAS TAKEN TO THE SULLIVAN COUNTY JAIL, WHERE HE IS LODGED WITHOUT BOND.