Deputy Shoots Suspect at Sevierville Restaurant

SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Authorities in Tennessee are investigating the shooting and wounding of a man by a sheriff’s deputy.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokesman Josh DeVine told local media that the shooting took place near a restaurant in the city of Sevierville after a Sevier County Sheriff’s Office deputy tried to apprehend a "wanted individual."

The man crashed his vehicle into the deputy’s vehicle and then ran from the scene. DeVine said the man then brandished a gun. The situation "escalated," and the deputy shot the man.

Local media quoted the TBI as identifying the suspect as 29-year-old Brandon David Bearden.

The suspect and the deputy were taken to different hospitals. TBI said the deputy was not seriously injured. His name was not released.

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(WDEF) The suspect fled the Texas Roadhouse restaurant in Sevierville and was shot in the Governor’s Crossing Outlet parking lot Wednesday night.

The Mountain Press reports that Bearden had been indicted on various assault charges that included resisting arrest.