BRADLEY COUNTY, Tenn. (WATE) – The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is investigating an officer-involved shooting in southeast Tennessee that landed one man in the hospital before he was charged with assault.
The incident starting as a domestic disturbance Sunday morning at a home in Bradley County. The sheriff’s office says a woman was injured and went to the hospital before returning to the home with deputies.
When authorities returned to the home, they found lance MacTaggart barricaded in a bedroom.
After a brief standoff, officers used a taser to subdue him and during the altercation, MacTaggart was shot. He was taken to the hospital for treatment.
MacTaggert was then taken into custody and charged with aggravated assault.