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Cousin of fallen Loudon County deputy was killed in line of duty in 2004

In the past years I hoped, and prayed that nobody EVER had to endure this devastating pain, but god has plans that we just can’t understand the why. What a reunion in heaven yesterday. These two gave so much to the small town of Loudon County. Bless them both for serving our Loudon Community in uniform. Their service will never go unnoticed, or forgotten. The heart for the job they both loved. Not only cousins, but brothers in blue. Please remember these two daddy’s kids they are all 3 very precious, and they will need prayers, support, and mostly love.

Joni Scott-Goddard

Officer down: Loudon County deputy's death in crash a painful reminder of his cousin's killing while on duty in 2004

WBIR.COM- Deputy Jason Scott was shot and mortally wounded while on duty in March 2004. The DA said Scott and Sgt. Chris Jenkins, who died Thursday on I-75, were cousins.

LOUDON, Tenn. — For the Loudon County community, the death of Sgt. Chris Jenkins Thursday morning in a crash on Interstate 75 is not only a gut-wrenching loss but a heartbreaking reminder of another deputy's passing -- that of Jason M. Scott in 2004.

Scott and Jenkins were first cousins.

Scott, 24, and about to be a father, was shot and killed while responding to a disturbance call in March 2004. A teenager inside the house, the son of an area prosecutor, shot and killed Scott as he arrived on the scene outside the boy's house.

The teen, Michael Harvey, wounded several others before taking his own life.

Days after Scott died, his wife Joni delivered their child, Jayden. She turns 18 next month.

In 2014, the state honored Scott by naming part of Interstate 75 in Loudon County after him.

The "Deputy Jason Michael Scott Memorial Highway" is from mile marker 68 to 81 on I-75. The section stretches from Philadelphia, Tenn., to Lenoir City.

In 2019, Jayden visited the National Law Enforcement Officer's Memorial in Washington, D.C. It features her father's name, recognition for the ultimate sacrifice he made for the community.

It wasn't the first time she'd been there. When she was just a toddler, her mother told WBIR she took her to see the memorial when his name was placed on the stone.

It holds more than 20,000 names of men and women that have lost their lives in the line of duty.

The Loudon County Sheriff's Office --- the entire East Tennessee law enforcement community, in fact --- continues to honor and remember Jason Scott to this day.

LOUDON, Tenn. (WATE) — The Loudon County Sheriff’s Office is mourning the loss of a longtime deputy killed on Interstate 75 Thursday who was also a cousin of another fallen deputy killed in the line of duty in March 2004.

Deputy Sgt. Chris Jenkins, who died Thursday morning after responding to a report of a ladder on I-75N, was not the only member of his family to serve in the Loudon County Sheriff’s Office. His late cousin, Deputy Jason Scott, was shot and killed in March 2004 while responding to a domestic disturbance call.

Scott was shot four times while he got out of his patrol car. A 16-year-old suspect had been beating his mother with a post before shooting Scott. Deputies had called for assistance and the teenager barricaded himself, armed with numerous rifles. Three other officers were injured when they were being shot at by the teenager. Scott was flown to the University of Tennessee Medical Center where he was later pronounced dead. The 16-year-old suspect was found dead after the 30-hour standoff, suffering from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Scott had been with LCSO for three years. LCSO has shared that Deputy Scott’s story is still told to young officers to remind them and the community what kind of blessing it was to have a man like Scott in their lives and a part of the Loudon County law enforcement family.

Family in law enforcement resonates deeply at LCSO concerning the two cousins, now both fallen while serving in the line of duty.

Loudon County Sheriff Tim Guider, who is set to finish his current term as sheriff in May, was initially unable to speak to the loss of Jenkins during a press conference Thursday led by the Tennessee Highway Patrol.

THP is continuing its investigation into the incident leading to Jenkins’ death.

A multiagency escort of Jenkins’ body from the Knox County Regional Forensic Center to the Loudon Funeral Home is expected Friday afternoon.