The Cookeville Police Department charged a man yesterday afternoon (Thursday, August 3, 2017) with murder. Officers responded to a report of a man lying in the street and bleeding on Scenic Drive near the Putnam County Fairgrounds. Authorities arrived to find Randall Kendall deceased. Police arrested 39-year-old Rick Nathaniel Murphy and charged him with first-degree murder. Murphy was taken to the Putnam County jail and placed under $3 million dollars bond. A motive for the shooting was not immediately released.