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TBI Special Agents Investigating Officer-Involved Shooting in Roane County

By Ciphertek Systems Jul 13, 2020 | 5:00 AM

TBI Special Agents are investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred Monday morning in Roane County. Around 9:30 a.m. EST, the Rockwood Police Department was dispatched to a call of a domestic altercation between a male and female inside a vehicle on Highway 27 near Rockwood. The female was able to exit the vehicle and the male continued driving. After a brief pursuit, the male driver reportedly stopped on the side of the road between Rockwood and Spring City and brandished a handgun at approaching officers. A Rockwood officer fired his weapon, striking and killing the driver. The name of the deceased was not immediately released. No officers were injured during this incident.