TBI investigating officer involved shooting in Carter County

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation reports that it is investigating an officer-involved shooting that happened in Carter County Thursday. Carter County Sheriff Mike Fraley says that a person of interest has died following the shooting. According to the TBI, the shooting happened overnight in the 6000 block of Highway 19E. No deputies were injured during the incident, the TBI said.
According to Sheriff Fraley, the incident began as a shoplifting call in Elizabethton and led to a pursuit. Police conducted a PIT maneuver on the suspect’s vehicle on Highway 19E and the individual reportedly fired shots that lead to an exchange of gunfire. The suspect was then hit by the gunfire and succumbed to injuries sustained in the shooting.