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TBI helping investigate after one person dead in Union Co. shooting Wednesdsay morning

Authorities said that Union County deputies responded to a report of a shooting in Maynardville at around 11:30 a.m. Wednesday.

MAYNARDVILLE, Tenn. — Agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation are working with the Union County Sheriff's Office to investigate a shooting in Maynardville Wednesday morning.

They said deputies responded to calls about a shooting on Dogwood Trail just after 11:30 a.m. When they arrived, they found two people with gunshot wounds and one was pronounced dead at the scene. TBI later identified her as a Susan Gorbet, 62.

The other person, a man, was taken to a hospital in Knoxville, according to a release from officials.

The TBI started helping deputies at the request of District Attorney General Jared Effler. They said they are still investigating the shooting.

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