Repo Agent Greeted with Shotgun Fire

…continued to shoot in his direction at times so close that it would push debris on him.”

Dayton, TN – October 10, 2025 – He’d almost gotten away with it. But the shotgun’s roar said otherwise. Unstrapping the repo, the shotgun blasts were so close he could feel the debris kicked up by them.

Dayton Police Department Investigator Michael Green reported that officers responded to reports of gunfire on Magnolia Avenue at approximately 6 pm back on September 30th.

Upon arrival, police interviewed an unnamed repossessor who reported that he had come to the residence to repossess a vehicle and that in the process, a man, later identified as 52-year-old Mikel McVay, opened fire with “what he thought was a shotgun in his direction.”

According to Green, “[The Repossessor] stated that he stuck his hands out of the window and told [McVay] that he would release the vehicle. [The Repossessor] stated that he exited the vehicle and began to unhook the vehicle, but [McVay] continued to shoot in his direction at times so close that it would push debris on him.”

“Officers arrived on scene, spoke with the victim, secured the area and established a perimeter around the residence,” Green said. “After several commands, a female exited the residence and was detained. Moments later, a male party identified as Mikel McVay exited the residence and was also detained.”

Green reported that while investigating the scene, he found two spent shotgun shells.

Interviewing witnesses, Green reported that a witness told him that she had heard gunshots and looked out her window to see McVay shooting in the air.

“[The witness] then stated that he took the gun and bullets somewhere, but he had taken some marijuana and put it in the back room,” according to Green.

Investigators soon received a search warrant for the home, where Green reported that they found an additional four spent shotgun shells and “loose marijuana.”

McVay was arrested and charged with two counts of aggravated assault, two counts of reckless endangerment, being a felon in possession of a firearm and the manufacture, delivery or sale of a Schedule VI controlled substance.

Source: The Best Times