TBI probes Grundy County shooting

A man shot twice by Grundy County, Tenn., deputies remains hospitalized, authorities said.

Russell W. Smith, 45, was listed in “critical but stable” condition at Erlanger hospital, 12th Judicial District Attorney General Mike Taylor said Tuesday afternoon.

The shooting probe has been turned over to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation “to determine whether the use of deadly force was appropriate,” Taylor said.

Smith was shot Monday after turning a rifle on deputies who were trying to serve him with an arrest warrant for escaping from the Grundy County Jail, Taylor said.

He was trying to flee on an all-terrain vehicle when he was shot, TBI spokeswoman Kristin Helm said.