Death by Cop 2021-2025
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David Denman Talbert
Gender : Male
Age : 55
Race : White
Date : 12/10/2021
Location : I-40 and Plateau Road
City : Crossville
County : Cumberland
State : Tennessee
Agency : Cumberland County Sheriff's Office
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during traffic stop
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
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.
SOURCE LINKS :
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
