Steven Howell
DAYTON, Tenn. - A probe by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation will follow the fatal shooting of a 23-year-old Spring City man by a Rhea County deputy sheriff early Friday.
The fatal shots were fired around 2 a.m. Friday in the Rhea Medical Center emergency room, officials said. The TBI typically investigates officer-involved shootings.
The victim, identified as Steven Lee Howell of Muddy Creek Road in Spring City, had been arrested on a domestic assault charge, Rhea County sheriff's detective Rocky Potter said in a Friday news conference.
Howell had some injuries when he was booked at the Rhea County Jail, so two deputies took him to the hospital for treatment. At the hospital, Potter said, Howell "became belligerent" and was "aggressive physically and verbally."
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