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Zackery James Cadeau

Age : 32

Gender : Male

Race : White

Date : 09/06/2022

Location : Middle of town traffic stop, exact roadway not publicly specified

City : Lawrenceburg

County : Lawrence

State : Tennessee

Agency : Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Suicide

Event : Suicide under police duress

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 09/06/2022, Lawrence County Sheriff’s deputies initiated a traffic stop in Lawrenceburg around 8:00 p.m. involving 32-year-old Zackery James Cadeau. Deputies determined Cadeau had a gun and ordered him to exit the vehicle. He drove away, beginning a pursuit that covered approximately five miles. During an attempt to remove him from the vehicle, Cadeau accelerated again and made slight contact with a deputy, who was not seriously injured. After the pursuit ended, deputies exited their vehicles and ordered Cadeau to surrender. Body camera footage captured Cadeau holding a handgun to his head while deputies pleaded with him to put the gun down. Cadeau fired the weapon at himself. Deputies immediately called for medical assistance and began CPR. He was airlifted to Vanderbilt University Medical Center where he was later pronounced dead. Reporting indicates deputies did not discharge their firearms during the incident. Cadeau had previously been sentenced in Michigan in 2009 on a home invasion conviction and was paroled in May 2022.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.wkrn.com/news/local-news/man-shoots-himself-after-high-speed-chase-in-lawrence-county/
https://www.wsmv.com/2022/09/09/man-shoots-himself-after-lawrence-county-chase/
https://www.williamsonherald.com/news/tennessee/man-shoots-himself-after-chase-in-lawrence-county/article_9e6e8c42-30c3-11ed-9d52-9b7a3d4b8b33.html