NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 24 -- The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation issued the following news release:
At the request of 4th Judicial District Attorney General Jimmy Dunn, TBI special agents are investigating the circumstances leading to a fatal officer-involved shooting that occurred in Pigeon Forge.
Early Wednesday morning, deputies with the Sevier County Sheriff's Office responded to a hotel in the 4000 block of Parkway in Pigeon Forge after receiving information that LeRoy Brooks (DOB: 11/13/85), who had an outstanding warrant out of Knox County, was at that location. Preliminary information indicates deputies located Brooks inside a hotel room. During the encounter, for reasons still under investigation, three deputies fired shots, st...