Update, 7:34 p.m.: The man shot earlier today by a Coffee County Sheriff’s Department deputy has been identified as Robert Travis Rosson, 35, of Manchester. As of Thursday night, the sheriff’s department said Rosson was still being treated at Erlanger.
A deputy with the Coffee County Sheriff’s Department shot a knife-wielding man in a cemetery Thursday morning.
According to the Coffee County Sheriff’s Department, a deputy responded to a suspicious person call near the Concord Cemetery and church between Manchester and Tullahoma around 9:46 a.m. According to District Attorney Craig Northcott, the subject allegedly charged at the deputy with a knife. The deputy fired his gun, hitting the suspect.
The suspect, who is from Coffee County, was airlifted to Erlanger Medical Center for treatment. The deputy was uninjured.
The sheriff’s department is not releasing the names of the parties involved as the investigation is ongoing.