Special agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation arrested and charged a man of shooting two people, including a deputy for the Carter County Sheriff’s Department.
Kelly Lee Pitts, 39, is charged with seven counts of attempted first-degree murder.
TBI said authorities responded to a home Wednesday night to a report of an intoxicated man waving a gun.
When police arrived at the residence to investigate, Pitts began shooting a firearm in the direction of officers and the person who filed the complaint.
At least one of the shots Pitts fired hit a Carter County deputy, and at least one other shot struck a second victim.
The victims were taken to the Johnson City Medical Center, and are listed in stable condition.
Authorities found Pitts hiding in a cave near the residence, and took him into custody.
Pitts is being held at the Carter County Jail on $700,000 bond as of 11 a.m. Thursday.
