TBI: One injured, no officers hurt following shooting involving Greene County Sheriff’s Office Thursday afternoon

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is looking into a shooting that occurred Thursday which left one man injured in Greeneville.

State authorities say the Greene County Sheriff’s Office was called to a home on Laughlin Rd. around 4:00 p.m, where a caller said a man was inside her garage attempting to set it on fire. The woman then told police the man had a gun. Authorities made contact with the man, and the TBI says the situation reportedly escalated, resulting in a deputy firing shots and striking the man.

The man was taken to the hospital and no officers were injured in the incident.

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