Published 07/23/2008 By Kacie Dingus Breeding Family and friends mourn the death of Jamarion Carpenter, a young boy who was killed by a KHRA truck at Lee Apartments. Erica Yoon photo. KINGSPORT — As Kingsport police continued Wednesday to investigate the death of Jamarion Carpenter, several of the much loved 4-year-old’s grieving playmates attended crisis counseling provided by Frontier Health. Kingsport Police Department Lt. Jerry Robinson said Wednesday afternoon that investigators were still in the process of retrieving footage from four surveillance cameras near where Jamarion was struck and killed Tuesday afternoon by an F350 pickup driven by Kingsport Housing and Redevelopment Authority employee John H. Marshall, 48. Marshall has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation. Robinson said...
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