A Hamilton County sheriff’s deputy was back on duty less than a week after reportedly shooting and killing a man following a brief pursuit last month.
Now, the dead man’s mother is searching for answers after the deputy, Jordan Long, was again involved in a vehicle pursuit on Wednesday during which he fired his weapon. No one was injured.
Long is still under investigation by the sheriff’s office internal affairs division and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation following the May 18 deadly shooting of 29-year-old Tyler Hays. And late last year, Long was accused in a lawsuit of assaulting a man during a traffic stop while he was a Collegedale police officer.
That lawsuit has now been settled for $7,500 “at the recommendation of our insurance counsel,” Collegedale city attorney Sam Elliott said in an email. “[T]he settlement is not to be deemed an admission of any wrongdoing.”
Hays’ mother, Deborah Lilly, said she wants to know why her son was shot and why the deputy was back on duty so soon.