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Name Not Disclosed

Age :

Gender :Male

Race : Unknown

Date : 04/06/2022

Location : I-40/Law Rd

City : Jackson

County : Madison

State : Tennessee

Agency : Madison County SO

Officer(s) : Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during traffic stop

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Madison County deputies allege they tried making a traffic stop and the vehicle slowed and a man ran away on foot. Police engaged in a shootout with the man and shot and killed him.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://tbinewsroom.com/2022/04/06/tbi-agents-investigating-officer-involved-shooting-in-madison-county/

https://www.localmemphis.com/article/news/crime/tbi-investigates-deputies-shot-killed-suspect-madison-county-tennessee-bureau-of-investigation/522-15926230-31e6-4980-bab1-82a561f251ee

https://www.wbbjtv.com/2022/04/06/suspect-dies-in-officer-involved-shooting-in-madison-county/

Name Not Disclosed

Age :

Gender :Male

Race : Unknown

Date : 04/06/2022

Location : I-40/Law Rd

City : Jackson

County : Madison

State : Tennessee

Agency : Madison County SO

Officer(s) : Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during traffic stop

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Madison County deputies allege they tried making a traffic stop and the vehicle slowed and a man ran away on foot. Police engaged in a shootout with the man and shot and killed him.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://tbinewsroom.com/2022/04/06/tbi-agents-investigating-officer-involved-shooting-in-madison-county/

https://www.localmemphis.com/article/news/crime/tbi-investigates-deputies-shot-killed-suspect-madison-county-tennessee-bureau-of-investigation/522-15926230-31e6-4980-bab1-82a561f251ee

https://www.wbbjtv.com/2022/04/06/suspect-dies-in-officer-involved-shooting-in-madison-county/

Christopher C. Hutson

Age :34

Gender :Male

Race : White

Date : 04/04/2022

Location : 600 block of Runnion Street

City : Newport

County : Cocke

State : Tennessee

Agency : US Marshals

Officer(s) : Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police serving arrest warrant

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

US arshals were looking for Christopher Hudson for whom they had an arrest warrant for a previous crime. When they found him, they state that he had a gun and fled on foot. They found him behind a residence, and a fight with a deputy arshall ensued. The Marshall shot and killed him.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://kingsportpdblog.com/2021/08/25/kpd-e-news-release-wanted-suspect-arrested-on-drug-and-weapon-charges-after-fleeing-officers/

https://tbinewsroom.com/2022/04/04/tbi-agents-investigating-officer-involved-shooting-in-cocke-county-3/

https://www.timesnews.net/news/breaking-victims-named-in-scott-county-double-homicide/article_5f1e07ec-b51d-11ec-bd6e-1316f4c1f995.html

https://www.wvlt.tv/2022/04/05/man-wanted-double-homicide-va-dies-following-officer-involved-shooting-cocke-co/

https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/victims-shooter-in-scott-county-double-homicide-identified/

https://wset.com/news/local/tbi-man-wanted-out-of-scott-county-virginia-killed-in-officer-involved-shooting

https://www.wate.com/news/top-stories/hawkins-county-man-identified-as-tbi-investigates-cocke-co-officer-involved-shooting/

Jerry Raleigh Livingston

Age :39

Gender :Male

Race : White

Date : 04/01/2022

Location : 400 block of Water St

City : Charleston

County : Bradley

State : Tennessee

Agency : Bradley County SD

Officer(s) : Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during traffic stop

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Bradley County deputies attempted to traffic-stop Jerry Livingston but he did not stop. Police got him to stop and he reversed into the front of a police vehicle. Police shot and killed him.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://fox17.com/news/local/two-officer-involved-shootings-in-tennessee-over-the-weekend-under-investigation

https://newschannel9.com/news/local/one-person-dead-after-bradley-co-deputy-fires-fatal-shot-during-a-traffic-stop-friday

Iran “Mob” Lyons

Age :36

Gender :Male

Race : Black

Date : 03/31/2022

Location : Merchants Dr+Tillery Rd

City : Knoxville

County : Knox

State : Tennessee

Agency : Knox County SO

Officer(s) : Not disclosed

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Killed by police chase crash

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Iran Lyons was seen to drive a car with broken tail lights and was chased by Knox County deputies until he crashed at Merchants Drive/Tillery Road area in Knox County and died.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.wvlt.tv/2022/04/01/one-person-is-dead-following-an-overnight-police-chase-knox-county/

https://www.knoxnews.com/obituaries/kns046816

Name Not Disclosed

Age :

Gender :Male

Race : Unknown

Date : 03/22/2022

Location : Unknown

City : Coffee County

County : Coffee

State : Tennessee

Agency : Tennessee Highway Patrol

Officer(s) : Not disclosed

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Driver killed by police chase crash

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Tennessee Highway Patrol chased a vehicle until it crashed and the driver ran away. The vehicle caught on fire and 2 passengers died in the flames. They were not publicly identified.
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TOTAL NUMBER OF FATALITIES DURING THIS POLICE ENCOUNTER: 2

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.wsmv.com/2022/03/10/two-people-die-after-pursuit-ends-fiery-crash-coffee-county/

Jessica Amber Schoverling

Age :17

Gender :Female

Race : White

Date : 03/21/2022

Location : 100 block of Dunn Rd

City : Tellico Plains

County : Monroe

State : Tennessee

Agency : Monroe County SO

Officer(s) : Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during arrest

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Monroe County deputies claim they were serving an arrest warrant and encountered Jessica Schoverling with a rifle. Police shot and killed her.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Suspect-dead-after-exchanging-gunfire-with-17020784.php

https://deathobits.com/2022/03/23/jessica-amber-schoverling-death-police-i-d-woman-killed-in-shooting-with-monroe-county-deputies/

https://www.advocateanddemocrat.com/news/article_68cd7c3d-9409-5696-a9cc-497ada7ee899.html

Felix Tyler

Age :42

Gender :Male

Race : Black

Date : 03/11/2022

Location : 881 US 51 S Bldg F

City : Covington

County : Tipton

State : Tennessee

Agency : Tipton County SD

Officer(s) : Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during standoff

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Felix Tyler was allegedly at a tax preparation business holding a woman domestic partner hostage. Police from numerous law enforcement agencies arrived and besieged the business for several hours, finally engaging in a shootout with Tyler, killing him.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.actionnews5.com/2022/03/11/suspect-covington-hostage-situation-killed-by-sniper-swat-officer-shot-rushed-hospital/

https://www.actionnews5.com/2022/03/12/tcso-reveals-more-details-identifies-injured-officer-after-14-hour-hostage-situation/

Joshua Dismuke

Age :18

Gender :Male

Race : Black

Date : 03/07/2022

Location : Not Disclosed

City : South Pittsburg

County : Marion

State : Tennessee

Agency : Marion County Sheriff's Office

Officer(s) : Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during traffic stop

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

For unknown reasons, police attempted a traffic stop on Joshua Dismuke. He did not stop and Marion County deputies escalated a chase until his car became disabled. When police approached, they felt they heard a pop and shot and killed Dismuke.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://tbinewsroom.com/2022/03/08/tbi-agents-investigating-officer-involved-shooting-in-marion-county/

https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2022/mar/08/suspect-shot-killed-maricounty-police-pursuit/564674/

https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2022/mar/08/suspect-shot-killed-maricounty-police-pursuit/

https://www.mcnewstn.com/articles/possible-officer-involved-shooting-in-jasper-being-investigated-by-tbi/

Robert Lee Pilkey

Age :28

Gender :Male

Race : White

Date : 02/22/2022

Location : 2900 block of Wildwood Rd

City : Maryville

County : Blount

State : Tennessee

Agency : Blount County SO

Officer(s) : Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during “suspicious person” call

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Blount County Deputies were sent on a “suspicious person” call. They encountered Robert Lee Pilkey and claimed that he had a knife. Deputies shot and killed him under undisclosed circumstances.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.thedailytimes.com/news/robert-lee-pilkey-identified-as-man-fatally-shot-by-blount-county-sheriffs-deputy/article_fc22813c-29ca-52eb-9b6a-a2f8167adde8.html

https://www.wate.com/news/local-news/person-taken-to-hospital-after-officer-involved-shooting-in-blount-county/

https://tbinewsroom.com/2022/02/22/tbi-agents-investigating-officer-involved-shooting-in-blount-county-3/

Name Not Disclosed

Age :

Gender :Male

Race : Unknown

Date : 02/16/2022

Location : I-40

City : West Memphis

County : Shelby

State : Tennessee

Agency : West Memphis Police Department

Officer(s) : Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Fall from height

Event : Fatal fall during police pursuit

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

West Memphis PD attempted to arrest a man on Interstate 40 near West Memphis because a man was allegedly driving a stolen car. The vehicle was located just after 2 a.m. Wednesday in the 900 block of Ingram Boulevard. The vehicle drove away. Police escalated a pursuit onto eastbound I-40 where it hit a concrete divider wall and stopped. Police state that driver got out of the disabled vehicle, jumped over the divider and jumped over the north facing concrete wall and fell to the ground below. He died from the fall.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://wreg.com/news/local/man-jumped-to-his-death-off-i-40-during-police-chase/

https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2022/feb/16/man-dies-in-fall-after-police-chase-near-west-memp/

Daniel Joseph Spisso Jr.

Age :55

Gender :Male

Race : White

Date : 02/08/2022

Location : 200 block of Garland Road

City : Roan Mountain

County : Carter

State : Tennessee

Agency : Carter County SO

Officer(s) : Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during shots fired call

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Carter County were sent to a Shots Fired call. Police allege that a man was actively shooting at deputies. They shot and killed him.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://wcyb.com/news/local/man-shot-in-officer-involved-shooting-in-carter-county-has-died-tbi

Tobias Carr

Age :

Gender :Male

Race : White

Date : 02/07/2022

Location : Unk

City : Sneads Ferry

County : Onslow

State : Tennessee

Agency :

Officer(s) :

Cause of Death : ——————

Event : Driver killed by police chase crash

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Onslow County deputies chased a stolen vehicle until it crashed, killing Tobias Carr and Timothy Sarver, two inmates who had recently escaped from Tennessee prisons. Both died in a crash during police chase.
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TOTAL NUMBER OF FATALITIES DURING THIS POLICE ENCOUNTER: 2

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.witn.com/2022/02/07/sbi-investigating-chase-with-suspected-robbers-that-ended-fatal-crash/

Kala Michele Lamb 2 of 2

Age :28

Gender :Female

Race : White

Date : 01/31/2022

Location : Norris Freeway

City : Clinton

County : Anderson

State : Tennessee

Agency : Tennessee Highway Patrol

Officer(s) : Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Third party killed in police chase crash

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Tennessee Highway Patrol escalated a chase of a vehicle. The driver, Kala Michele Lamb, fled and accidentally veered into oncoming traffic, hitting another car head-on. She died in the crash. Her passenger and the third-party driver of the other vehicle were taken to the hospital with injuries. Tennessee Highway Patrol did not give a reason why she was being chased.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.wate.com/video/1-killed-2-injured-in-anderson-county-crash/4116863/

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/tennessee/articles/2022-01-31/1-dead-2-injured-following-police-pursuit-in-east-tennessee

Elijah “Eli” Charles Morley 2 of 2

Age :22

Gender :Male

Race : White

Date : 01/31/2022

Location : Mountain Road and Highway 441

City : Unincorporated Anderson

County : Anderson County

State : Tennessee

Agency : Tennessee Highway Patrol

Officer(s) : Austin Dean

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Traffic stop

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Elijah Charles Morley, 22, was driving through unincorporated Anderson County when a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper initiated a chase across multiple roads and ending with both the trooper and Morley crashing near the intersection of Mountain Road and Highway 441. Morley was pronounced dead at the scene. His passenger, Dustin died at the hospital. Police did not disclose the reasons they initiated the fatal chase.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.oakridger.com/story/news/2022/01/31/vehicle-being-pursued-thp-crashes-driver-killed/9282275002/

https://www.wvlt.tv/2022/01/31/one-dead-two-injured-including-thp-trooper-following-police-chase-anderson-co/

https://www.wate.com/news/da-driver-identified-in-fatal-thp-involved-chase/#:~:text=On%20Sunday%2C%20Jan.,trooper%20was%20Trooper%20Austin%20Dean

Dustin D. Dienst 1 of 2

Age :24

Gender :Male

Race : White

Date : 01/30/2022

Location : Mountain Road and Highway 441

City : Dandridge

County : Anderson

State : Tennessee

Agency : Tennessee Highway Patrol

Officer(s) : Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Traffic stop

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Elijah Charles Morley, 22, was driving through unincorporated Anderson County when a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper initiated a chase across multiple roads and ending with both the trooper and Morley crashing near the intersection of Mountain Road and Highway 441. Morley was pronounced dead at the scene. His passenger, Dustin Dienst died at the hospital. Police did not disclose the reasons they initiated the fatal chase

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.wvlt.tv/2022/02/09/second-suspect-dies-following-anderson-co-police-chase/

https://oakridgetoday.com/tag/dustin-dienst/

Landon Eastep

Age :37

Gender :Male

Race : White

Date : 01/27/2022

Location : I-65 NB marker 77

City : Nashville

County : Davidson

State : Tennessee

Agency : Patrol, Mt. Juliet PD

Officer(s) : James Kidd, Justin Pinkleton, Sean Williams, Edin Plancic, Brian Murphy, Sgt. Steve Carrick

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during traffic stop.

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Landon Eastep was sitting on a guardrail of I-65 when multiple cruisers from Mt. Joliet PD and Tennessee Highway Patrol approached him. Police allege that he held a “shiny cylindrical object”, later identifying it to be a box cutter. Nine officers opened fire and killed him.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.wkrn.com/news/local-news/nashville/large-police-presence-on-i-65-in-south-nashville/

https://www.wkrn.com/news/local-news/nashville/bodycam-footage-released-from-deadly-i-65-shooting/?ipid=promo-link-block1

https://fox17.com/news/local/autopsy-man-shot-killed-by-police-on-i-65-in-south-nashville-shot-more-than-12-times

John Hunt

Age :20

Gender :Male

Race : Black

Date : 01/26/2022

Location : Dexter Rd+Milbrey St

City : Cordova

County : Shelby

State : Tennessee

Agency : Millington PD, Shelby County SO

Officer(s) : Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during “man with a gun” call

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Millington PD notified Shelby County deputies and they jointly approached a vehicle accused of driving erratically. Police state that they saw a rifle in the vehicle and SWAT appeared. John Hunt barricaded himself in the vehicle and fled under police bearing down on him. Police allege he damaged some police vehicles in the process of evading them and further allege that he fired shots ad police chasing him. When he reached a dead end, he reportedly exited the vehicle with the rifle and was shot dead by SWAT

SOURCE LINKS :

https://wreg.com/news/local/armed-suspect-dead-after-confrontation-with-deputies-in-cordova/

https://wreg.com/news/family-of-man-killed-in-officer-involved-shooting-speaks/

Floyd Michael Woody

Age :68

Gender :Male

Race : White

Date : 01/25/2022

Location : 1400 block of David

City : Dandridge

County : Jefferson

State : Tennessee

Agency : Dandridge PD

Officer(s) : Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during mental health welfare check

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Dandridge PD were sent on a welfare check on 68-year-old Floyd Michael Woody. Police apparently arrived with SWAT. Woody was unwilling to come outside. Police state that he eventually came outside and got into a vehicle and was engaged by an officer in a physical altercation, whereupon a Jefferson County deputy and an officer with the White Pine Police Department shot and killed him. He was not reported to be armed and it is unclear why police killed him.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.wate.com/news/officer-involved-shooting-reported-in-dandridge/

Name Not Disclosed 1 of 2

Age :

Gender :Male

Race : Unknown

Date : 01/20/2022

Location : E Shelby Dr+Pleasant Hill Rd

City : Memphis

County : Shelby

State : Tennessee

Agency : Memphis PD

Officer(s) : Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Collision with police cruiser

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

This is the second crash fatality from the accident involving officer Carille Cortez Jones of Memphis PD whose cruiser collided with an unknown blue car whose driver was widely reported as having been killed but was never named by the PD.

Police Officer CJ Jones was killed in a vehicle crash at the intersection of East Shelby Drive and Pleasant Hill Road at about 2:30 am. He was responding to a call when colliding with 2 other vehicles with significant impact and speed unknown. The driver of one of the other cars was killed. This page is dedicated to that motorist.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://tri-statedefender.com/remembering-officer-cj-jones/01/31/