This undated photo provided by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation shows Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Special Agent De’Greaun Frazier. The TBI says Frazier died during a drug investigation in west Tennessee on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016. (Tennessee Bureau of Investigation via AP) JACKSON, Tenn. – A Tennessee Bureau of Investigation special agent was shot to death Tuesday during an undercover drug investigation in West Tennessee, the agency said.
Special Agent De’Greaun Frazier, 35, was working with other agents and narcotics officers on a drug investigation when he met a person for a controlled buy in a car in Jackson, TBI spokesman Josh DeVine said in a news release.
The person that Frazier met Tuesday afternoon pulled out a firearm in an apparent robbery attempt and fired at least once, hitting the agent, TBI Director Mark Gwyn said.
Frazier died later at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.
He was the first agent in TBI history to die in the line of duty.