Knoxville, TN (WOKI) UPDATE: The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is investigating and has identified the suspect in Wednesday’s fatal officer-involved shooting in Fountain City.
Knoxville police responded to a disturbance in the 5300 Block of North Broadway at the Exxon gas station where investigators say 41-year-old William Charles McBride Jr. was “allegedly acting erratically and potentially aggressively.” McBride, who was armed with two knives, left the store and confronted an officer in the parking lot; that confrontation resulted in the officer firing at McBride, hitting him once.
McBride was taken to the hospital in critical condition, where he died from his injuries. The officer was placed on routine administrative leave.
UPDATE: The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is handling the investigation into a fatal officer-involved shooting in Fountain City.
Knoxville Police responding to a disturbance in the 5300 Block of North Broadway at the Exxon gas station. Officers found a man, who was armed with two knifes, leaving the store and confronted an officer in the parking lot. Police say the man was “allegedly acting erratically and potentially aggressively.”
The confrontation resulted in the officer firing at the man, hitting him once. He was taken to the hospital in critical condition, where he died from his injuries.
No officers were injured. The officer was placed on routine administrative leave.
ORIGINAL STORY: The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is handling the investigation into a fatal officer-involved shooting in Fountain City.
Knoxville Police responding to a disturbance in the 5300 Block of North Broadway at the Exxon gas station across from the Duck Pond. They found a man with a knife inside the store who came outside and that’s when shots were fired. There is no information in to what lead up to shots being fired.
No officers involved in the shooting sustained any injuries. The man shot was taken to the hospital where he died.
