One Grundy County deputy killed, another wounded in morning shooting

One officer with the Grundy County Sheriff’s Department was shot and killed this morning and a fellow officer was shot and injured by a lone gunman.

Lt. James Burnette with the Tennessee Highway Patrol said they received a call around 4:45 a.m. Eastern to assist in the hunt for a white male believed to be the gunman.

Lt. Burnette said the shooting occurred off Monteagle Cove Road.

The names of the victims have not been released. A news conference will be held at noon at the Monteagle Police Department.

Officers from Grundy County, Tracy City, the Tennessee Highway Patrol, Marion County, South Pittsburg, Kimball, Sequatchie County and others are assisting in the search and are working from a command post on Monteagle.

For more details, see tomorrow’s Chattanooga Times Free Press.