Steven Ray Handy, 49, was identified Saturday as the man shot during an interaction Friday evening with Bradley County Sheriff’s Office deputies.
Handy was transported to a Chattanooga-area hospital for treatment of injuries that were described as not life-threatening. No further information regarding his condition has been released.
No law enforcement officers were injured in the incident, according to a Saturday news release from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.
The TBI was called in to investigate the officer-involved shooting by 10th District Attorney General Stephen Crump.
The incident began just before 8:30 p.m. Friday when BCSO deputies responded to a location in the 1200 block of Chilcutt Road in Charleston, Tennessee, according to the release. There, deputies encountered Handy, who had reportedly made threats to harm himself earlier in the day.
“As deputies were speaking with Handy in an effort to get him to surrender, he produced a weapon,” the release reads. “Deputies fired shots, striking Handy in the leg.”
TBI agents are continuing the gather evidence and interview witnesses regarding the incident in support of the ongoing investigation.