A man died after being shot by police early Tuesday, according to a press release from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.
The shooting happened around 1:45 a.m. after a Soddy-Daisy police officer made a traffic stop on Dayton Pike, the press release said. The series of events is still under investigation but ultimately resulted in the officer firing at and hitting the subject.
The man was declared dead at an area hospital, the press release said. No police officers were injured.
The TBI is looking into the incident at the request of Hamilton County District Attorney Coty Wamp.