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TBI investigating officer-involved shooting in Sweetwater

From News Channel 12: The TBI is investigating an officer-involved shooting yesterday morning in Sweetwater.   US Marshals and Monroe Count

From News Channel 12: The TBI is investigating an officer-involved shooting yesterday morning in Sweetwater.

 

US Marshals and Monroe County deputies were serving a warrant at a home on Hiwassee Road.

 

The officers say they encountered the man they were looking for and were trying to negotiate his surrender when he pointed a gun at them.

 

The Marshals then fired on him.

 

The man is in stable condition at a Knoxville hospital.

 

No one else was hurt.