LOUISVILLE, Tenn. — Blount County deputies are investigating after a father said he shot his 22-year-old son when he threatened to kill him.
The son died in the hospital, and the father is not facing any charges at this time, according to the Blount County Sheriff's Office.
Deputies and Alcoa Police Department officers responded to a home on Scenic Hill Drive in Louisville around 5 p.m. Thursday after receiving a call about a shooting.
Deputies said they spoke with the father, James Delaney, 67, who said he shot his son, Thomas Delaney, after his son pointed a gun at him and threatened to kill him.
BCSO said the two lived together. Deputies used lifesaving measures on the son before American Medical Response crews arrived to take him to the University of Tennessee Medical Center. The son died in the hospital a short time later.
The sheriff's office said it is continuing to investigate the incident.
