KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A shooting suspect was found dead after barricading himself inside a North Knox County Home.
The Knox County Sheriff's Office had previously reported the man barricaded himself alone inside the house on Luger Road on Thursday evening. Crisis negotiators and S.W.A.T. were called to the scene.
After failing to make contact with the suspect from outside the house, KSCO says S.W.A.T. moved in. They say they found the man dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. His body was taken to the Knox County Regional Forensics Center.
Earlier that evening, deputies had responded to Rollins Road around 7:40 p.m., where they found a man lying in the road suffering from a gunshot wound. Responders took the victim to UT Medical Center. Early Friday morning, there was no update on his condition.
KCSO also says there had been two children in the Luger Road home at the time of the shooting, but authorities say they are both safe. Again, the suspect was alone in the house when he barricaded himself in.
“This is a tragic and unfortunate situation that our officers are all too familiar with," said Knox County Sheriff Tom Spangler. "The outcome is not what we had hoped it would be."
The sheriff offered thoughts and prayers to the victim in UT Medical on behalf of the rest of local law enforcement. He thanked the men and women in uniform for their efforts, many of whom he says were called out from their evenings with their own families.
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