One dead after Officer Involved Shooting

MOUNT JULIET, Tenn. (WDEF) – The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) is investigating the circumstances leading to a homicide, an attempted homicide, and an officer-involved shooting, Saturday morning in Mount Juliet.

According to the TBI, on Friday around 9:30 p.m., officers with the Mount Juliet Police Department responded to the 9000 block of Saundersville Road after receiving information about a person threatening others.

They say officers found a man who had been shot.

The victim was transported to a local hospital for treatment.

Officers say they have found the subject who is believed to have fired the shots and contained him to a specific area.

TBI says shortly before 1:00 on Saturday morning, due to the subject firing at officers, multiple officers returned fire striking the subject.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police discovered a second victim that had been shot by the subject and was pronounced dead at the scene.

No officers involved were injured.

For reasons still under investigation, the subject fired at officers

This officer involved shooting is under investigation.