The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is probing the Thursday morning shooting by Cleveland police of a man on Springhill Drive who was allegedly armed with a shotgun and was shot by officers when he advanced toward them.
Cleveland, Tennessee, resident Lloyd Grant McClung Jr., 71, of Springhill Drive, died as a result of wounds he sustained in the incident. It happened around 9 a.m. Thursday after three Cleveland police officers answered a disturbance call at the home, according to a TBI news release.
“The officers gave several commands for McClung to drop his weapon, which he ignored, and instead continued advancing toward the officers,” TBI spokesperson Josh DeVine said in the release. “The situation escalated and resulted in two of the officers firing their weapons, striking McClung.”
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Cleveland police added a detail in a statement that followed the TBI’s.