On the morning of June 1, 2021, the quiet along Highway 41 near the 576 Bypass in Marion County was broken by a shooting that left John “Darren” Grainger, a 52-year-old man, dead in his own yard. The Marion County coroner said he was shot just after 4 a.m., and investigators moved quickly to lock down the area as word spread that deputies had found him deceased at the scene.
To the people who knew him around Marion, Grainger was more than the grim headline that followed. His death no
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