Kirk A. Bado, and Dessislava Yankova

The Tennessean

A Cottontown homeowner was killed in a shootout with a suspected Kentucky bank robber who was hiding in his home Wednesday afternoon, according to Sumner County investigators.

The Sumner County Sheriff's Office has not yet released their names, but they have identified the two dead bodies found in a home on the 2800 block of Highway 25 as the homeowner and a suspected bank robber who was hiding from police in the home.

The homeowner was an overnight truck driver who had been gone since Sunday, and returned to his home around noon Wednesday. Noticing that a window was broken, the homeowner drew his gun and investigated his home, said Sumner County Sheriff Sonny Weatherford. The two men then exchanged fire in the house, fatally wounding each other.

Local police responded to an initial call of two men who were found dead in a home in Cottontown about 5 p.m. Wednesday.

The area of the shooting was included in the search perimeters for a suspect in a bank robbery in Bowling Green, Ky. Tuesday.

Further updates to come.