TBI agents investigate officer-involved shooting in Loudon County

Officers with the Loudon Police Department responded to a business on Kimberly Way with an arrest warrant for a worker, according to officials with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.

LOUDON, Tenn. (WVLT) - Officials with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation announced they are investigating an officer-involved shooting involving the Loudon Police Department on Thursday, according to officials with the bureau.

Shortly before noon, officers with the Loudon Police Department responded to a business on Kimberly Way to serve an arrest warrant on a worker.

“When officers approached him, the subject pulled out a knife and refused commands to drop it,” a representative for the bureau said. “Reports from the scene indicate that after taser attempts failed to stop him, the man ran out of the building, leading to a foot chase with the officers and deputies with the Loudon County Sheriff’s Office. The man continued to wield the knife, and one Loudon officer fired at the subject, striking him.”

No officers were injured and the man was taken to the hospital with a non-life-threatening injury, according to the representative.


Suspect injured in Loudon shooting with law enforcement
 
LOUDON, Tenn. (WATE) — Investigators are looking into the circumstances that led to an officer-involved shooting Thursday near a Loudon business, according to the Loudon County Sheriff’s Office. The Loudon Police Department is leading the investigation.
 
Law enforcement responded to an area near Malibu Boats on Kimberly Way in Loudon. LCSO spokesperson Matt Fagiana said the shooting did not occur in the building and the only person injured was the suspect.

It was not yet known what time the shooting occurred or which agency fired the shot – details are still developing.

“At the request of 9th District Attorney General Russell Johnson, TBI special agents are currently en route to a report of an officer-involved shooting in Loudon County. At the time I don’t have a specific address, but it’s reported to be in a wooded area near a boat manufacturing business. As agents arrive at the scene and have had a chance to assess the situation, we’ll provide an update on our newsroom blog and social media platforms.”

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2/28/22