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Deputy Shot in Giles County During Stand Off

todayMay 18, 2023

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AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY IN GILES COUNTY FOLLOWING A STANDOFF IN LYNNVILLE EARLY THIS MORNING. DEPUTIES WITH THE GILES COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT RESPONDED AROUND 2:30 AM TO A PROPERTY ON FAIRVIEW ROAD AFTER TWO CALLS WERE RECEIVED FROM THE HOME – THE SECOND ADVISING SHOTS FIRED. UPON ARRIVAL AND ON APPROACH ONE DEPUTY WAS SHOT IN THE CHEST AND WAS PROTECTED BY HIS BULLETPROOF VEST. A SECOND DEPUTY WHO WAS CARRYING A SHIELD WAS SHOT AT AS WELL. A TOTAL OF FOUR DEPUTIES TOOK ON GUNFIRE AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE DEPUTY THAT WAS SHOT IN THE CHEST WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL AND RELEASED. AROUND 8 AM THE TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL SWAT TEAM ENTERED THE RESIDENCE AND THE SUBJECT WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. GILES COUNTY SHERIFF KYLE HELTON WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE WHO ASSISTED AT THE SCENE INCLUDING TH THE TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL AND SOME OFF DUTY OFFICERS OF THE CITY OF PULASKI POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE TENNESSEE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION IS INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT.




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