Police officer fatally shot in eastern Tennessee

MARYVILLE, Tenn. — A police officer has died in a shooting in eastern Tennessee.

Maryville Police Chief Tony Crisp said the officer responded with a Blount County sheriff’s deputy to a domestic disturbance. Sheriff James Berrong says when the two arrived Thursday afternoon, a man came out firing and fatally wounded the officer.

Crisp said the other officer returned fire. He says the suspect wasn’t hit and was taken into custody.

Crisp didn’t identify the officer, saying some family hadn’t yet been notified. He said the man had three small children and had been with the department for several years.

Crisp and Berrong held a news conference outside the University of Tennessee Medical Center where the officer was pronounced dead. The news conference was posted on WATE-TV’s website.

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Information from: Knoxville News Sentinel, http://www.knoxnews.com

The Associated Press