The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is actively delving into an officer-involved shooting that occurred Sunday night in Maury County following the request by the 22nd Judicial District Attorney General, Brent Cooper. According to WSMV, the shooting, which involved the Maury County Sheriff’s Department, took place in the 900 block of Southport Road in Mount Pleasant, although specifics surrounding the incident remain scarce at this moment.
A Maury County deputy was on a mission to locate a suspect from a BOLO issued out of Lawrence County, which led to the deadly encounter on Southport Road; during the incident, Jeremiah Dobbins, the man identified by the TBI and born on March 20, 2003, allegedly presented a weapon that precipitated the deputy to discharge their firearm, striking Dobbins, "TBI says that preliminary information shows a deputy with the Maury County Sheriff's Office was at an address on the 900 block of Southport Road in Mount Pleasant, The deputy was there to find the subject of a BOLO (Be On The Lookout) that had been issued out of Lawrence County" as conveyed in a report by FOX17.
Dobbins was swiftly transported to a hospital for treatment, where he succumbed to his injuries. The ongoing TBI investigation promises a meticulous gathering of evidence and eyewitness accounts, aiming to discern the sequence of events that escalated to the fatal shooting. Their efforts are directed at providing the District Attorney General with objective findings to gauge the situation, as stated by TBI Newsroom.
While the TBI refrains from disclosing the identities of involved officers, directing inquiries regarding such to the respective department, their role as impartial fact-finders is clear—laying the groundwork for the District Attorney General to determine the justification of the officer's actions: "The TBI acts solely as fact-finders in its cases and does not determine whether the actions of an officer were justified in these types of matters. That decision rests with the District Attorney General requesting TBI’s involvement," echoes a sentiment from the TBI Newsroom statement.
