NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 18 -- The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation issued the following news release:
UPDATED at 5:25 p.m. - The deceased individual has been identified as Julie Ann Jenkins (DOB: 11/14/1976).
At the request of 4th Judicial District Attorney General Jimmy Dunn, TBI special agents are investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred Friday morning in Jefferson County.
Preliminary information indicates that just after 6:30 a.m., deputies with the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office responded to the 600 block of Highway 113 in White Pine following a report of a woman bleeding and threatening to harm herself with a razor blade tool. Upon arrival, the situation escalated, and for reasons still under investigation, two d...