SWEETWATER, Tenn. — The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said agents are investigating after U.S. Marshals shot and wounded a man, saying the man pointed a gun at officers when they tried to get him to surrender.
Deputy U.S. Marshals from the Knoxville U.S. Marshals office and members of the U.S. Marshals Smoky Mountain Fugitive Task Force said they were "involved in a shooting" that wounded a person near Sweetwater on Wednesday.
Officials said the shooting happened in the 2000 block of Hiwassee Road, saying the USMS was helping the Loudon County Sheriff’s Office locate the person.
According to the TBI, marshals were working with Loudon County and Monroe County deputies to serve an arrest warrant around 9 a.m. when they found the man they were looking for. Agents said the officers tried to negotiate with the man to surrender before he pointed a gun at them. At that point, the TBI said marshals shot the man and wounded him.
USMS said the person was taken to the hospital with gunshot wounds, saying it cannot release that person's name at this time. The TBI said he was listed to be "stable."
According to the Loudon County Sheriff's Office, officers had an active warrant for a man from Loudon County they said violated the sex offender registry, saying they believed the person had possibly been living outside the county. Deputies contacted U.S. Marshals to help find the person.
No law enforcement personnel were hurt, according to TBI and USMS.