No arrests that I’m familiar with at this time.
Then, so any indication that the student was in the restroom preparing to do anything with the gun that he had brought to school? Or was there … So they could have stopped something or was that just him in the restroom, they caught him there? Any idea-Īll that’s still too preliminary to have that detail. We do know that one officer returned fire. At the time of the shooting, we’re not exactly sure yet how many were actually present. We know that there were additional officers that were responding. There may have been more officers on the scene.
Regarding the two officers, two law enforcement officers, one alleged suspect. I don’t know what their role … yeah, right. Now we’re not sure what the status of the officers are other than they’re KPD officers. Just to confirm, so there were three people involved, the suspect, the alleged suspect, and two SROs? Is that correct that person? That will give us even more the detail of what we need to know.Īll right. We’re still gathering all of that information. We’re still way too soon in the investigation to get into those type of details.ĭo you know if other students were around?Īgain, way too soon. Can you describe anything about that encounter? How long it lasted, how long it took for officers to get ? The suspect was now, you’ve confirmed that as well. You said that this happened when there was a suspect in the restroom of the school. Then there’ll be interviews that’ll take place, of all potential witnesses, as well as obviously anyone that was involved. Knox County security is working closely with us to assure that we have all of that. We’ll be reviewing video evidence from the school itself. We’ll be reviewing the video evidence from the officer’s body-worn cameras. They’re going to gather all obvious … the evidence there. What’s currently going on is we still have agents on the scene. Rausch, could you an insight into how this investigation, what happens next? I intend to head that way afterwards so I can hopefully see him when he gets out of surgery. Have you had a chance at all to speak to the officer? It’s just, it’s a sad day for the Knoxville and our community and our police department. It was just very chilling, first of all, to hear we have an officer down, and secondly, that it was at a school. But that’s all I have at this time.Ĭhief, could you tell us if the officer was the SRO at this school?Īre you releasing the name of the officer ?Ĭan you talk to us a little bit about what it’s like for you to get this call this afternoon, to go to this school that you’ve been to so many times in the last few months. But our prayers for the family and for the suspect who passed. We offer our prayers, our thanks to TBI for stepping in to do this investigation. He is in serious condition and is currently in surgery. Our officer was shot at least once in the upper leg. Throughout the process, investigative findings will be shared with the District Attorney General’s office for her further review and consideration. The officer who was shot was transported to a local hospital for treatment.Īt this time, the investigation remains active and ongoing as TBI Agents continue to gather any and all relevant evidence, interviews, and information. The suspect was pronounced dead at the scene and has since been identified as a student at Austin East. As officers entered the space, the subject reportedly fired shots striking an officer. They ordered him out, but he refused to comply. Upon arrival, officers located the individual in the school, in a restroom. Preliminary information indicates that at approximately 3:15 PM, the Knoxville Police Department received a report of an individual that was possibly armed with a gun at Austin East High School. So at the request of the Sixth District Attorney General Charme Allen, TBI Special Agents are investigating the circumstances leading to an officer-involved shooting that occurred this afternoon in Knoxville.
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Also, Knoxville Police Department Chief Eve Thomas is on hand to provide a status update on the officer who was injured. You’re going to hear from TBI director, David Rausch, he’s going to give you the latest on the investigation. Agents are still at the scene of the incident, conducting interviews and gathering any evidence that’s relevant to the investigation. , so there’s not a lot of information that we can release at this time.
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