Tennessee man arrested after shooting at family skiing event, deputies say

A Tennessee man has been charged after allegedly opening fire on a skiing family while pretending the family was on the property.

Benjamin Cook is facing six counts of aggravated assault in connection with the shooting, according to the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office. Additional charges may be filed pending the outcome of the investigation.

Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the 6300 block of Stony River Drive on Friday after a man shot at a family of six who were playing outside in the snow.

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According to initial information from the scene, the parents and their four children were on their way to ski on a nearby hill.

But around 11:30 a.m., the family said they heard gunshots coming from a house on a hill near the 10400 block of Birchwood Pike. The mother said she saw snow flying off the ground a few feet away from her one-year-old son.

The parents immediately looked in the direction of the bullet and shouted at the man, identified as Cook, to stop firing. The man said the family was on the property, but the family replied that they were not.

The family then gathered their belongings and went home before reporting the matter to the authorities.

Deputies responded to the shooter’s home and spoke with Cook. They also found photographs from their neighbors showing Cook walking through the woods in matching clothes with a black gun slung over his back.

Cook was then arrested on a charge of aggravated assault.

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An investigation also revealed that the family was not on the property when Cook started shooting.

A search warrant was executed at Cook’s home, where several guns were found.