The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has been looking into the circumstances that led to an officer-involved shooting late last week in Meigs County.
John Eaves Jr., 55, was charged with attempted second-degree murder and aggravated domestic assault after being taken to a local hospital for treatment of a gunshot wound, a news release from the Meigs County Sheriff’s Office stated.
The deputy was uninjured.
Just after 5 p.m. on Thursday, Meigs County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Chris Hill was called to a home in the 1000 block of No Pone Valley Road in Decatur to do a welfare check on man with a history of mental illness who was off his medication, according to the news release.
The caller said there was a man shooting a gun in his basement, possibly in the presence of his mother.