Tag Archives: Shooting

The Cookeville Police Department responded to a call early Monday morning at 586 South Jefferson Avenue where they found the deceased victim of an apparent gunshot wound. Lieutenant Anthony Leonard said detectives believe that they located all parties involved, including 36-year-old Christopher Posey of Maryland, who was dead on arrival. He said he believes this was an isolated incident. “If ... Read More »

The TBI is investigating an officer-related shooting Sunday night involving the Jamestown Police Department. Officers responded to a 911 call around 8:30pm Sunday in the 200 block of Rugby Avenue. Officers encountered an armed individual upon arrival. An officer fired at the individual, striking the person. The reason why remains under investigation, according to the TBI. The armed individual taken ... Read More »

The City Of Algood will spend new Violent Crime Intervention Funds on a new training simulator designed to help officers deal with shooting scenarios they might encounter. Police Chief Dale Armour said the device focuses on de-escalation tactics. Armour said he saw it in use at his former agency. “That’s the whole point of this is to make sure that ... Read More »

The TBI and the Cumberland County Sheriffs Department investigating the shooting of a Crossville woman inside her Brown Road home. 53-year old Terri Loretta Pinton discovered Tuesday night after deputies were called to a shooting. They discovered Pinton with a gunshot wound. She died at Cumberland Medical Center from her injuries. The incident happed just after 11pm. The two agencies ... Read More »

The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office investigating a Friday shooting that caused a Putnam man to be in critical condition. Derrick Borchardt entered a verbal altercation with his friend Cody Spear. The incident became physical and led to Borchardt suffering a single gunshot wound to the face. He was life flighted that night to Vanderbilt Hospital but is now in stable ... Read More »

Putnam County Sheriff’s Office responded to a shooting on Cumby Road Monday that had resulted from a domestic argument. Jamie Boronda was arguing with her brother Jeff Jackson when at somepoint a firearm was brandished and Boronda shot Jackson in the leg. Jackson was transported to the hospital for treatment of a non-life threatening injury and was later released. Boronda ... Read More »

A three-year-old girl passed away Thursday night after suffering an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound in Algood. Algood Police Chief Dale Armour said the incident happened between the Algood schools and IWC Food Service on Dry Valley Road. Armour said the child was left unattended in a vehicle and accessed a loaded handgun. Armour said no arrests have been made at ... Read More »

Algood Police investigating an apparent shooting that involved a three-year-old child Thursday. According to early information released by City Administrator Keith Morrison, the child was wounded from a self-inflicted gun shot. The child was air lifted from the scene. The proximity of the incident prompted a brief soft lockdown of Algood Elementary and Middle Schools. Putnam County Schools Communications Supervisor ... Read More »

The Cumberland County Sheriff‘s Office has a suspect in custody after a reported Fairfield Glade shooting Friday. Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office along with multiple agencies responded to the shooting. According to the Sheriff’s Office, a SWAT team was called on scene and negotiators engaged in dialogue with the suspect. The scene was secured after a successful arrest. No other details ... Read More »

The TBI is investigating the circumstances that led to the shooting of a man during an altercation with a deputy of the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department Friday night. Preliminary information indicates around 9 p.m. Friday dispatchers received a report of a pickup truck traveling in the wrong direction on I-40 near mile marker 311. A Cumberland County deputy found the ... Read More »