NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 3 -- The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation issued the following news release:
At the request of 11th Judicial District Attorney General Coty Wamp, TBI special agents are investigating the circumstances leading to an officer-involved shooting that occurred in Chattanooga Saturday Night.
Preliminary information indicates that the incident happened just after 9:30 p.m., when officers with the Chattanooga Police Department responded to a disturbance call in the 2200 block of East 27th Street Court.For reasons still under investigation, a Chattanooga police discharged his weapon striking Billy Joe Williams (DOB 09/03/1977). The subject was transported to an area hospital, where he was pronounced deceased. No law enforceme...