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A woman allegedly ran across the interstate and was hit and killed by a Memphis PD officer.

https://wreg.com/news/local/lanes-on-i-240-blocked-after-multi-car-crash/

Matthew Reed, 27, Was chased aggressively by Bean Station Police Department (BSPD) Officer Tristan Pettiecord who observed two motorcycles traveling on Hwy. 25E at 96 mph. The officer claims that he attempted to conduct a traffic stop and the motorcycles refused to stop. The officer escalated the chase to more than 100 mph until the motorcycle crashed, and Matthew Reid died. According to police, this fatal chase was undertaken for the sole reason of failing to stop on command. Police apparently found several joints, totaling a small amount of weed and dramatized this as the only crime they could accuse him of after his death. No officer was ever held accountable for what seems like a senseless death.

https://www.graingertoday.com/news/man-dies-from-crash-in-high-speed-chase/article_e1294100-c5cd-11ec-b624-1b0a9b88546e.html

Sullivan County deputies attempted to traffic-stop Timmy Lee Thurman Jr. but he kept driving. Police escalated a high-speed chase and claim that he fired a shot at them. He stopped, ran away on foot and allegedly pointed a gun again. Police shot and killed him.

https://www.wjhl.com/news/crime/tbi-investigating-officer-involved-shooting-in-bristol/

https://wcyb.com/news/local/tbi-investigating-officer-involved-shooting-in-bristol-04-14-2022

https://www.timesnews.net/news/crime/updated-tbi-releases-details-in-officer-involved-shooting-in-bristol/article_bf2a1e6c-bc13-11ec-9ee9-7389932de146.html

Jellico PD and Anderson County deputies chased a driver who was accused of being reckless. Police chased him from Kentucky into Tennessee and shot and killed him for undisclosed reasons under undisclosed circumstances.

https://www.wvlt.tv/2022/04/15/tbi-man-is-dead-shot-by-police-after-chase/

https://1450wlaf.com/2022/04/15/jellico-police-officer-part-of-chase-that-ends-with-fatal-shooting/

https://www.lex18.com/news/lex-in-depth/daughters-of-lexington-man-killed-by-tennessee-police-plea-for-answers

West Memphis police chased Darin Woodard to question him about a prior homicide elsewhere. When he did not stop for police, they escalated an aggressive chase that ended when he crashed into an I-55 barrier wall. When police came after him, he jumped off and landed on the hard ground 60 feet below to escape from police assault.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/west-memphis-police-murder-accusation-heinous-man-jumps-bridge

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.

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/

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.

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/

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.

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/

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.

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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 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.

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/

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.

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/

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.

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/

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.

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/

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

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

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

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

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.

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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/

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.

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

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.

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

On 12/16/2021, at approximately 2:30 p.m., Trooper Spencer Morris of the Arkansas State Police, along with U.S. Marshals, initiated a pursuit of a vehicle matching the description of one associated with a man wanted on felony warrants from South Carolina. Trooper Morris escalated the chase in West Memphis, Arkansas, and continued in Memphis, Tennessee, during which, at least one of the occupants of the vehicle fired shots at the officers, striking Trooper Morris. He returned fire, killing both occupants of the vehicle identified as 27-year-old Terrence Marquise and 18-year-old John H. Taylor. Trooper Morris was transferred to a local hospital and treated for non-life-threatening injuries and released. An investigation is being conducted.

TOTAL FATALITIES/INJURIES: 2 fatalities, 1 injury

https://www.localmemphis.com/article/news/crime/arkansas-state-police-trooper-shot-memphis-suspect-crime/522-d136a33b-c48c-4b0b-9ee0-091ca7f1b348
https://wreg.com/news/local/i-55-closed-after-driver-crashes-under-bridge/
https://katv.com/news/local/authorities-identify-2-men-shot-dead-by-arkansas-trooper-12-20-2021

On 12/16/2021, at approximately 2:30 p.m., Trooper Spencer Morris of the Arkansas State Police, along with U.S. Marshals, initiated a pursuit of a vehicle matching the description of one associated with a suspect wanted on felony warrants from South Carolina. Trooper Morris escalated the chase in West Memphis, Arkansas, and continued in Memphis, Tennessee. During which, at least one of the occupants of the vehicle fired shots at the officers, striking Trooper Morris. He returned fire, killing both occupants of the vehicle identified as 27-year-old Terrence Marquise and 18-year-old John H. Taylor. Trooper Morris was transferred to a local hospital and treated for non-life-threatening injuries and released. An investigation is being conducted.

TOTAL FATALITIES/INJURIES: 2 fatalities, 1 injury

https://www.localmemphis.com/article/news/crime/arkansas-state-police-trooper-shot-memphis-suspect-crime/522-d136a33b-c48c-4b0b-9ee0-091ca7f1b348
https://wreg.com/news/local/i-55-closed-after-driver-crashes-under-bridge/
https://katv.com/news/local/authorities-identify-2-men-shot-dead-by-arkansas-trooper-12-20-2021

On December 16, 2021, at approximately 2:30 a.m., officers from the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department responded to a report of an abandoned Chevrolet Impala with its doors open on Old Hickory Boulevard West in Madison. Witnesses reported hearing gunfire from a nearby wooded area. Officers arrived and believed the gunfire was directed toward them. For about 40 minutes, they repeatedly ordered the individual to surrender. The individual, later identified as 39-year-old Anthony Marcell Phillips, emerged from the woods, appeared to ingest a substance, and shouted expletives. He then fired two shots at the officers. Officer Ricardo Cruz returned fire with a shotgun, fatally wounding Phillips. A semi-automatic 9 mm pistol was recovered from the scene. Phillips had a warrant for tampering with an electronic monitoring device and was a convicted sex offender. No officers were injured in the incident. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is conducting an investigation into the shooting.

https://www.wkrn.com/news/local-news/officer-involved-shooting-closes-old-hickory-boulevard/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6827GxDSLOo&rco=1
https://www.yahoo.com/news/tbi-responding-shooting-involving-nashville-120759305.html?utm_

On December 15, 2021, at approximately 2:00 p.m., Memphis Police officers were investigating a stolen 2014 Ford Fusion reported missing from Olive Branch, Mississippi. The vehicle was located in the drive-thru line of a McDonald's restaurant at 3120 S 3rd St in Memphis. Officers attempted to stop the vehicle, but the driver, later identified as 25-year-old Kayla Lucas, accelerated in reverse, striking a police vehicle. An officer opened fire, striking Lucas, who was pronounced dead at the scene.The family of Kayla Lucas filed a lawsuit, claiming that the use of force was excessive and wrongful, asserting that Lucas posed no immediate threat to officers when she was shot.

https://wreg.com/news/local/woman-killed-after-officer-opened-fire-who-was-kayla-lucas/
https://www.localmemphis.com/article/news/crime/family-of-woman-killed-by-mpd-officers-in-2021-files-lawsuit-memphis-police-department-tennessee/522-7be58880-29b4-43e9-8472-c0a26302f10b
https://tbinewsroom.com/2021/12/15/tbi-investigating-memphis-officer-involved-shooting/

On December 10, 2021, at approximately 9:00 p.m., dispatchers received reports of a pickup truck traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes of I-40 near mile marker 311 in Cumberland County. Deputies located the unoccupied vehicle on the shoulder of the interstate. Another deputy found the driver, identified as 55-year-old David Denman Talbert of Cookeville, standing on the outside lane of the interstate. When instructed to show his hands, Talbert held a handgun and advanced toward the deputy. The deputy fired at Talbert, killing him. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) investigated the case.

https://tbinewsroom.com/2021/12/11/tbi-agents-investigating-officer-involved-shooting-in-cumberland-county-2/
https://www.wbir.com/article/news/local/traffic-resumes-on-i-40-after-officer-involved-shooting-in-cumberland-county-tbi-investigating/51-83b59a95-dfe3-4331-800b-75eda96d6631

On 12/04/2021, a Tusculum police officer attempted to pull over a vehicle for a traffic violation. The vehicle did not stop. Police escalated a chase at 104 mph. The officer activated emergency lights and sirens to pursue the vehicle, which continued eastbound toward Washington County. During the pursuit, Morrow rear-ended Anna Pearson's 2012 Toyota Scion hatchback, killing her.

https://www.wjhl.com/news/investigations/a-rising-star-threatening-to-eclipse-the-sun-friends-remember-police-pursuit-victim/

On 11/08/2021, police responded to a report of a person with a weapon at 10619 US-41 in Monteagle, Tennessee. Upon arrival, 50-year-old Angie Marie McFarland allegedly pointed a gun at an officer. In response, the officer fired their weapon, fatally shooting McFarland. Details surrounding the incident remain under investigation, and the officer involved has not been publicly named.

https://apnews.com/article/tennessee-shootings-police-a794c77332df0d6d6530977a7e5b42bd

On October 30, 2021, at approximately 1:30 p.m., Cleveland officers received a report that 50-year-old Matthew James Riggs was threatening to harm himself and was armed with a weapon. Officers located Riggs' vehicle in the 1000 block of Cottage Stone Lane and initiated a traffic stop. During the encounter, officers allegedly heard a gunshot. Police open fire killing Riggs. It remains unconfirmed, whether he fired any shots or not. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) conducted an independent investigation into the circumstances leading to the shooting. The officer involved has not been publicly named.

https://tbinewsroom.com/2021/10/30/tbi-agents-investigating-officer-involved-shooting-in-cleveland/?utm_
https://www.wkrn.com/news/man-dead-following-officer-involved-shooting-in-cleveland-tn/

Officers and deputies spotted a car traveling along the Appalachian Highway that was the subject of a BOLO (Be On the Lookout) in connection to a robbery that occurred about 7 p.m. in Jacksboro. Officers escalated a pursuit onto the freeway, I-75, and chased the vehicle at high speed until the driver crashed into several vehicles stopped in a construction zone, including a cruiser driven by a trooper with the Tennessee Highway Patrol who was parked behind a disabled vehicle on the highway. During reported efforts to take the driver into custody, a Caryville officer and a Campbell County deputy shot and killed him.

https://www.wate.com/news/da-use-of-lethal-force-in-campbell-county-officer-involved-shooting-justified/
 

On October 21, 2021, Memphis and Bartlett police attempted to stop a teenage driver with active warrants for aggravated assault. The driver briefly stopped but then hit a Bartlett squad car while fleeing. Memphis police pursued the vehicle but alleged that they lost sight of him on Elvis Presley Blvd. near Winchester. As the driver approached Raines Road from Elvis Presley Blvd., he crashed into another vehicle driven by bystander Marvin Honey who was on his way to the grocery store, and after the massive crash was transported to the hospital where he died from his injuries.

https://www.localmemphis.com/article/news/crime/bystander-killed-suspect-injured-in-crash-during-police-chase-in-whitehaven/522-a9059996-79a8-420d-b0cf-4b613506416b
https://wreg.com/news/local/one-dead-after-crash-involving-bartlett-memphis-police/
https://wreg.com/news/family-demands-answers-after-a-fatal-crash-during-police-chase/

On October 12, 2021, at approximately 11:40 a.m., members of the Knoxville Police Department's Special Operations Squad were assisting agents from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation's Drug Investigation Division and the 5th Judicial Drug Task Force in executing a search warrant at a residence in the 2900 block of Sevier Avenue. Upon arrival, officers encountered 43-year-old Bryan Calvin with a gun. Preliminary reports indicate that Lee pointed the firearm at officers. They engaged him in a shootout and killed him. Lee was struck and pronounced dead at the scene.

https://tbinewsroom.com/2021/10/12/tbi-agents-investigating-officer-involved-shooting-in-knoxville-3/?utm_

On October 7, 2021, at approximately 9:06 a.m., Cleveland Police Department officers responded to a mental disturbance call at a residence on the 700 block of Springhill Drive NE. Upon arrival, three officers encountered 71-year-old Lloyd Grant McClung Jr., who was armed with a shotgun. Despite repeated verbal commands to drop the weapon, McClung advanced toward the officers and fired a round from his shotgun. Two officers opened fire, striking McClung. McClung was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Dr. Lloyd Grant McClung Jr. was a respected pastor, missionary, and professor, known for his significant contributions to Church of God World Missions.
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https://tbinewsroom.com/2021/10/07/tbi-agents-investigating-cleveland-officer-involved-shooting/
https://apnews.com/article/tennessee-cleveland-police-shootings-6a7b995ed80b9c5acb4b1d4930cf3507
https://www.cogwm.org/dr-lloyd-grant-mcclung/

On October 6, 2021, at approximately 6:00 a.m., correctional officers with the Hardeman County Sheriff's Office were outside the Hardeman County Criminal Justice Complex when they were allegedly threatened by an armed individual. Three officers from the Bolivar Police Department responded, but the man had already fled. Shortly thereafter, the individual returned, exited his vehicle while still armed, and confronted the officers. The officers shot and killed 43-year-old Andra Davon Murphy.

Additional Information: The family of Andra Davon Murphy has retained attorney Ben Crump, asserting that Murphy was not the individual who initially threatened the correctional officers and is seeking the release of video footage to clarify the events leading to his death. There is no followup information at this time.

https://tbinewsroom.com/2021/10/06/tbi-agents-investigating-officer-involved-shooting-in-hahttps://www.localmemphis.com/article/news/crime/tennessee-bureau-investigation-investigating-officer-involved-shooting-bolivar-hardeman-county/522-317e1cca-8472-460b-944b-b9eb2d689b30rdeman-county/
https://wreg.com/news/local/family-of-man-shot-by-bolivar-officers-retains-attorney/

On October 5, 2021, at approximately 2:15 p.m., agents from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) were attempting to arrest 40-year-old Corey Daniel Wellman in connection with a federal drug investigation. The incident occurred in the parking lot near the Country Café at 605 Murfreesboro Pike in Nashville, Tennessee. During the attempted arrest, police engaged him in a shootout, resulting in the death of Wellman and the critical injury of an ATF agent, who was transported to Vanderbilt University Medical Center for treatment. No Metro Nashville Police Department officers were injured or discharged their weapons during the incident.

Additional Information: Wellman had an active federal warrant for his arrest related to a months-long drug investigation initiated in June 2021, which included undercover heroin purchases. Family and friends have questioned the circumstances of the arrest, expressing concerns about the methods used by the ATF agents and whether they properly identified themselves during the operation.

https://www.wkrn.com/news/nashville-shooting-large-police-presence/
https://www.newschannel5.com/news/family-friends-gather-to-remember-man-killed-in-atf-shootout

On October 1, 2021, officers from multiple agencies, including the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office, Chattanooga Police Department, U.S. Marshals Service, Soddy-Daisy Police Department, Tennessee Highway Patrol, and Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, were searching for 27-year-old James Michael Farris, who had been added to the TBI Most Wanted list earlier that day. Farris was wanted in connection with the murder of Frederick Williams, who was shot on September 29, 2021. Officers located Farris in a wooded area behind the 9700 block of Berry Meadow Way in Soddy-Daisy. He reportedly had a firearm and pointed it at officers, prompting a Hamilton County deputy to fire his weapon, striking Farris. Farris was transported to a Chattanooga hospital, where he died from his injuries. No officers were injured during the incident.

https://tbinewsroom.com/2021/10/01/tbi-agents-investigating-officer-involved-shooting-in-hamilton-county-3/
https://www.chattanoogan.com/2021/10/1/435926/Murder-Suspect-Is-Fatally-Shot-By.aspx
https://www.wkrn.com/news/tbi-investigates-hamilton-county-officer-involved-shooting/