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Jason  Corey  Kilzer

Age : 44

Gender : Male

Race : White

Date : 08/08/2025

Location : 1000 block of Center Hill Wright Road

City : Reagan

County : Henderson

State : Tennessee

Agency : U.S. Marshals Service Two Rivers Violent Fugitive Task Force, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during arrest

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 08/08/2025, at approximately 10:45 a.m., members of the U.S. Marshals Service Two Rivers Violent Fugitive Task Force went to the 1000 block of Center Hill Wright Road in the Reagan community of Henderson County to arrest 44-year-old Jason Corey Kilzer. Kilzer was wanted for failure to appear in court on multiple felony warrants. The publicly released accounts do not specify the underlying felony charges associated with those warrants.
According to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation's preliminary account, Kilzer was in a vehicle when task-force officers approached him. Police alleged that Kilzer attempted to drive away. Marshals stopped the vehicle, after which Kilzer got out. TBI alleged that Kilzer then produced a firearm. A member of the U.S. Marshals task force opened fire, striking Kilzer and killing him.
The U.S. Marshals Service initially described the shooting only as occurring after Kilzer presented a threat to task-force personnel. TBI's subsequent account provided the additional allegation that Kilzer had exited the stopped vehicle and produced a firearm immediately before the marshal fired. No other officers were reported to have fired.
At the request of 26th Judicial District Attorney General Jody Pickens, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation assumed responsibility for independently investigating the shooting. TBI agents collected evidence and conducted interviews to reconstruct the encounter, with the investigative findings to be submitted to Pickens for review and a determination concerning the task-force officer's use of deadly force. The U.S. Marshals Service also announced that it would conduct an internal review after completion of the state investigation.
Kilzer was publicly identified by TBI on 08/11/2025. Records confirm his date of birth as 02/26/1981. His obituary states that he was born in Lexington, Tennessee, and died at his home in Reagan on August 8.
The shooting officer's identity has not been publicly disclosed. TBI specifically states that it does not identify officers involved in police shootings and refers those inquiries to the employing agency. The U.S. Marshals Service stated following Kilzer's death that its policy is not to release the names of deputy marshals involved in shootings until all investigations have concluded. Searches for a later prosecutorial disposition, civil litigation, subsequent USMS disclosure or other reliable record naming Kilzer's shooter did not locate a public identification as of August 2026.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.localmemphis.com/article/news/local/us-marshal-fatally-shoots-man-in-west-tennessee/522-a2f55e92-b211-4f3a-88ba-db30130b2944
https://www.wbbjtv.com/2025/08/08/man-dead-after-officer-involved-shooting-in-henderson-county/
https://tbinewsroom.com/2025/08/09/tbi-agents-investigating-henderson-county-officer-involved-shooting-2/