A man is dead after an officer-involved shooting early Tuesday morning.
Shortly after midnight, three Hamilton County deputies responded to a home in the 9100 block of Broyles Drive in East Brainerd on reports of a "disorderly subject," according to a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation news release.
Charles Bradley PayneUpon arrival, deputies encountered 42-year-old Charles Bradley Payne, who was initially armed with a baseball bat, according to the TBI.
Payne then dropped the bat and brandished a knife, which escalated the situation and resulted in one of the deputies shooting Payne, the TBI news release states.
Payne died at the scene.
No deputies were injured in the incident.
Per protocol, the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office has placed all deputies involved on paid administrative leave, according to a sheriff's office news release.
District Attorney General Neal Pinkston asked the TBI to conduct the investigation into the incident. The TBI acts as an independent fact-finder in these cases, and will share all findings with Pinkston's office throughout the process. Pinkston will then decide whether to file any charges or present to a grand jury.
The deputies involved have not been identified.
Payne has a criminal history in Hamilton County dating back to 1998, according to online court records.
In those 21 years, he was arrested several times, including for drugs and disorderly conduct. Three charges were for possession of cocaine for resale in 2002. He received an eight-year suspended sentenced in those charges and was placed on supervised probation.
Most recently, Payne was arrested for disorderly conduct in January after an incident at a local hospital. Payne became disruptive and erratic to the point of preventing new patients from coming in and hospital staff from carrying out their duties, but he refused medical attention several times.
He pleaded guilty to a disorderly conduct charge and was sentenced to a 30-day suspended sentenced and placed on probation.
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