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Topping our news today, from NewsChannel 9…
The TBI released new information about a shooting in Cleveland that left one man dead Saturday afternoon.
Officials say just before 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 spotted Riggs’ vehicle in the 1000 block of Cottage Stone Lane and initiated a traffic stop.
TBI says at some point during the encounter, officers heard a gunshot, resulting in one officer firing shots.
Riggs was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
An autopsy will be performed to determine the cause of death.
No officers were injured during the incident.
TBI agents are working to independently determine the series of events leading to the shooting, including collecting evidence and conducting interviews.
In news today…
Tennessee’s GOP-controlled General Assembly has signed off on a number of measures undercutting COVID-19 protections, while also begrudgingly backing off on threats to revoke a business’ ability to enforce mask mandates.
Lawmakers approved the slate of bills early Saturday while most Tennesseans were asleep, marking the second time the Legislature has recently advanced significant legislation in the middle of the night.
Democratic lawmakers quickly criticized that their Republican lawmakers were willing to concede to concerns raised by influential business lobbyists, but not those pointed out by school and health officials alarmed at other measures that advanced during the three-day special legislative session.
On Friday, Gov. Bill Lee’s office confirmed Ford Motor Co. and other manufacturers had expressed concerns with several of the proposals being discussed during the special session.
Lee had declined lawmakers’ requests to call a special session to address the virus, forcing them to collect enough signatures so they can call without the governor. By Saturday, Lee thanked Republicans for taking up certain issues but held off from promising he would sign all of the bills into law.
Local legislative delegation will join us this morning at 8:30AM on MIx 104-1 to discuss these measures.
Cleveland Fire Department responded to an overnight residential fire with possible entrapment Saturday night.
Officials say six fire companies responded to the fire on Dalton Pike.
First-arriving units at the home saw heavy smoke and made an “aggressive interior attack.” Cleveland Fire officials say the home sustained heavy smoke and fire damage.
A family pet died in the blaze and no other injuries were reported according to fire officials. The American Red Cross was called in to assist those displaced.
