The Lenoir City Police Department officer cleared by a grand jury in a fatal shooting has left his job.
Lenoir City Police Chief Don White confirmed Wednesday with 10News that Tyrel Lorenz resigned May 25.
In April, a Loudon County grand jury declined to indict Lorenz in the killing of Joshua William Grubb, 30, in March.
Lorenz, 29, shot and killed Grubb, 30 of Clinton early March 13 on U.S. Highway 321 near Interstate 75.
Lorenz was sent to the Bimbo's convenience center after a 911 call from a nearby Ruby Tuesday's about three people who had just left the restaurant in a pickup truck.
Lorenz questioned the three as they pumped gas at Bimbo's. According to District Attorney General Russell Johnson, Lorenz had placed one of the three in handcuffs when Grubb began driving away.
Lorenz said he ordered Grubb to stop several times before TBI investigators said he jumped into the back of the truck as it left the parking lot. He continued to order Grubb to stop from the bed of the pickup truck, but as the vehicle accelerated onto Highway 321, Lorenz shot the driver multiple times.
“He does say, 'Stop the truck, stop the truck,' distinctly two times," Loudon County District Attorney General Russell Johnson said at the April press conference. "In part of his statement, he says, 'The driver looks back and saw me,' so the driver obviously could see, feel, hear. But the fact that he made eye contact with him, knew that he was there, and he was still gunning it and not making any attempt to stop.”
Lorenz had been with the force since 2015. He'd worked in law enforcement since 2010.
