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Robert Lee Pilkey

Gender : Male

Age : 28

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/