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TBI: Deputy shot at and wounded man in Greene County

GREENVILLE — A Greene County deputy shot and wounded a man Friday night, prompting the involvement of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, according to a TBI news release.

Updated Nov 9, 2019 at 6:37 PM
A bullet hole could be seen in the back window outside the Fort Worth home Monday, Oct. 14, 2019, where a 28-year-old black woman was shot to death by a white police officer on Saturday. Members of the community have brought tributes to the home where Atatiana Jefferson was killed early Saturday by an officer who was responding to a neighbor's report of an open door. (AP Photo/Jake Bleiberg)
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White Fort Worth officer resigns after instantly killing black woman in her home

“Nobody looked at this video and said that there’s any doubt that this officer acted inappropriately” — Interim Police Chief Ed Kraus.

Oct 14, 2019 at 4:21 PM
FILE- In this June 6, 2016 file photo, former DeKalb Police Officer Robert Olsen stands during his arraignment in Decatur, Ga. Jurors have found the former Georgia police officer who fatally shot an unarmed, naked man not guilty of murder. Jurors on Monday, Oct. 14, 2019, found Olsen guilty of the other three crimes. A judge freed Olsen on bond until sentencing on Nov. 1. (AP Photo/Branden Camp, File)
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Officer who shot naked man in Georgia found not guilty

DECATUR, Ga. — A former Georgia police officer who fatally shot an unarmed, naked man was found not guilty of murder on Monday.

Oct 14, 2019 at 1:58 PM
FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2017, file photo, provided by Harding University in Searcy, Ark., Botham Jean leads worship at a university presidential reception in Dallas. Fired Dallas police Officer Amber Guyger, who shot and killed Botham Jean, an unarmed 26-year-old neighbor in his own apartment last year, was found guilty of murder by a jury on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019. She told police she thought his apartment was her own and that he was an intruder.(Jeff Montgomery/Harding University via AP, File)
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Dallas shooting victim was a ‘big personality, nice person’

The jury that convicted Amber Guyger of murder sentenced her Wednesday to 10 years in prison.

Oct 2, 2019 at 10:38 PM
Former Dallas police Officer Amber Guyger visits with her attorneys before proceedings in the 204th District Court at the Frank Crowley Courts Building in Dallas, Wednesday, September 25, 2019. Guyger shot and killed Botham Jean, an unarmed 26-year-old neighbor in his own apartment last year. She told police she thought his apartment was her own and that he was an intruder. (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News via AP, Pool)
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Murder: Jury convicts ex-cop who fatally shot neighbor

DALLAS — A white former Dallas police officer who said she fatally shot her unarmed, black neighbor after mistaking his apartment for her own was found guilty of murder on Tuesday.

Oct 1, 2019 at 12:10 PM
Fired Dallas police Officer Amber Guyger eaves the Frank Crowley Courts Building in Dallas, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019. Guyger is accused of shooting and killing Botham Jean, an unarmed 26-year-old neighbor in his own apartment last year. She told police she thought his apartment was her own and that he was an intruder. (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News via AP, Pool)
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Dallas cop breaks down talking about killing her neighbor

DALLAS — A Dallas police officer started to cry and shake Friday as she began to testify about the night she killed a neighbor in his own home, which she has said she mistook for her own unit one floor below.

Sep 27, 2019 at 12:19 PM
The 200 block of Academy Street in Elizabethton.
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Update: 2 Elizabethton officers on leave after killing Johnson City man in shootout

ELIZABETHTON — Two officers involved in a fatal shooting on Academy Street have been placed on administrative leave until the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation completes its investigation.

Updated Sep 16, 2019 at 8:31 PM
Access was closed to a portion of Silver Grove Road in Bluff City after a shooting there Tuesday.
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UPDATE: TBI says wanted man killed in Bluff City after exchanging fire with law enforcement

UPDATE: Tennessee Bureau of Investigation special agents were investigating the Tuesday shooting death of a man by local law enforcement officers after a pursuit ended in Bluff City.

Updated Sep 3, 2019 at 7:09 PM
Police retreat under a cloud of tear gas as protesters disperse from the scene of a standoff after Frayser community residents took to the streets in anger against the shooting of a youth by U.S. Marshals earlier in the evening, Wednesday, June 12, 2019, in Memphis, Tenn. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian via AP)
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Memphis police urge calm after black man's killing, unrest

MEMPHIS — Police appealed for calm in a tense Memphis neighborhood Thursday where about 35 officers were injured by a rock-throwing crowd following a black man’s shooting death by U.S. marshals on a fugitive task force.

Jun 13, 2019 at 5:14 PM
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UPDATE: Deputy shoots, kills man near Kingsport

The incident occurred about 1:30 Monday afternoon on Diana Avenue, located between Reservoir Road and South Wilcox Drive.

Updated Jun 10, 2019 at 6:46 PM
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UPDATE: TBI investigating Bristol police shooting

BRISTOL — Police shot a man here Friday morning, prompting a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation probe.

Updated Jun 7, 2019 at 1:24 PM
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Man in officers' shooting sentenced to 51 years' prison

A Carter County man who shot a sheriff's deputy in the face after officers responded to a domestic call was sentenced to 51 years in prison Friday.

May 17, 2019 at 6:47 PM
Former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor walks through the skyway with his attorney Thomas Plunkett, right, on the way to court for the verdict Tuesday, April 30, 2019, in Minneapolis, Minn. The Minneapolis police officer was convicted of murder in the fatal shooting of an unarmed woman who approached his squad car minutes after calling 911 to report a possible rape behind her home. (David Joles/Star Tribune via AP)
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Is race a factor in whether police are charged and convicted in fatal shootings?

MINNEAPOLIS — After three weeks of testimony, a jury needed little more than a day to convict a black Minneapolis police officer of murder in the fatal shooting of an unarmed white woman who had called 911 to report a possible crime, delivering a May 1, 2019 at 9:23 AM

TBI Agents mark and collect evidence outside a Mullins Street home on Wednesday following a police shooting.
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TBI: Knife-wielding man shot by Kingsport police

KINGSPORT — The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation reported that a man shot by Kingsport police Wednesday was armed with a knife. He had yet to be publicly identified, as authorities were attempting to notify his next of kin.

Updated Apr 17, 2019 at 11:28 AM
Kelly Pitts took the stand in his own defense on Wed. Jan. 30, 2019. He was charged with seven counts of attempted first-degree murder
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Update: Pitts guilty of attempted 1st-degree murder in Carter Co. shootout

Jurors handed down guilty verdicts on all counts Thursday against a man who admitted shooting a deputy amid a shootout with the Carter County Sheriff’s Department.

Updated Jan 31, 2019 at 5:53 PM
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