The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is probing the death of a Bledsoe County, Tennessee, man who collapsed Sunday after being taken into custody by a police K-9.
Bledsoe County sheriff’s deputies went to a home on Brockdell Road on Sunday to serve warrants on Chad Songer, TBI spokesperson Susan Niland said in an email.
The deputies attempted to serve the papers outside the home, she said.
“A brief foot pursuit ensued and a K-9 was utilized to capture Songer,” Niland said. “While attempting to subdue Songer, he collapsed and became unresponsive.”
Songer, 41, was taken to a regional hospital where he was pronounced dead, she said.