A 31-year-old man died Saturday after being injured in an encounter with Chattanooga police officers Friday morning near Chickamauga Dam, officials said Monday.
Jwan Tumblin was shot after officers responded to the 2900 block of Kings Point Road around 10 a.m. following a report of a man threatening to harm himself, according to a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation press release.
Whether Tumblin suffered only a self-inflicted gunshot wound or was also struck by a police officer’s gunfire remains unclear following a Sunday press release from the Chattanooga Police Department.
Officers ordered Tumblin to drop his weapon, but he refused and fired one shot, resulting in what police said was a self-inflicted injury, the release said. An officer also fired one shot, the police statement added.
The TBI press release Friday made no mention of a self-inflicted wound.