The TBI is investigating a fatal officer-involved shooting in Cleveland, Tennessee, according to a Bradley County Sheriff’s Office statement released early Saturday morning.
Deputies responded to the 2800 block of Southeast McDaris Circle on a call from a female about an unwanted armed person at her residence.
On the way to the scene, the call was updated to a stabbing incident. The caller said the suspect, a white male, was armed with a knife and had stabbed himself in the chest.
When deputies arrived they attempted to subdue the man who was still armed with a knife. They deployed a taser but were unable to stop him.
A single deputy then fired two shots to the chest of the suspect. The man was later pronounced dead at the scene by Bradley County EMS.