BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. — A Sullivan County deputy is in serious condition, and a suspect is dead, after a shootout with law enforcement Saturday.
Sheriff Jeff Cassidy said deputies arrived for a welfare check at the home of Jackie Pendergrass near 11W and TN-394 Saturday morning, when Pendergrass fired at least one shot. Pendergrass fired again after deputies attempted to communicate with him.
Deputy Steve Hinkle, a 27-year veteran of the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office, was shot at some point during the exchange.
“There were multiple officers,” Cassidy said at a press conference. “They were sort of pinned down at one point but thankfully we did get Officer Hinkle out of any more harms way, which takes a lot of effort when someone is actively shooting.”
Pendergrass, 44, was later found dead inside the home. It is not clear if he was killed during the exchange of gunfire with law enforcement, or if he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Pendergrass was relatively unknown to law enforcement and was alone inside the home at the time of the shooting.
“No prior criminal history. The call volume at that house was three. We had a couple burglaries in 2011 and a disturbance in 2013. He wasn’t well-known to the criminal justice system. He wasn’t very well-known to officers, and whatever led up to this, of course, is under further investigation,” Cassidy said.
It was a massive response by law enforcement, with local agencies from around the region coming together to help one of their own.
“Anybody that’s been in law enforcement knows about the camaraderie, the brotherhood,” Cassidy said. “There’s love for each and every officer that works there. We don’t only respond to violent confrontations like that, we respond as fast as we can get there to protect our officers. As you can tell, it’s a difficult situation that these officers are going through.”
Since the case included an officer-involved shooting, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is now the lead agency.
https://wcyb.com/news/local/sullivan-county-deputy-in-serious-condition-suspect-dead-in-shooting
Ah, the poor blue brotherhood. What’s important to them is protecting their fellow criminals.
….and conspiring to cover up each other’s wrongdoing, framing an innocent in court.
“As you can tell, it’s a difficult situation that these officers are going through.”
Awwww…boo-hoo-hoo! *sniffle, sob, sniffle* Poor little gestapo thugs. I guess these domestic terrorists don’t like when they have to swallow a spoonful of the terror they unleash upon society every single day.
I think they just murdered another innocent person
And are quickly trying to find something to pin on him for their reasoning
When everything they tell you is a lie
How are you supposed to take anything as fact from their mouths ?
”Sheriff Jeff Cassidy said deputies arrived for a welfare check…”
Nowhere in the article does it state the REASON for this alleged ‘welfare check’.
”… Pendergrass fired at least one shot. Pendergrass fired again after deputies attempted to communicate with him.’
This is where the ‘narrative’ loses all credibility with me.
When engaging pigs in a gunfight, NO ONE FIRES ONLY ONE ROUND AND STOPS… THAT’S SUICIDE, PURE & SIMPLE!!!
BULLSH#T!!!!!
I’m right there with you
This entire story reeks of bullshit and cover up
Welfare checks…
Another way to harrass people you want to fk with.
The police need to treat these as dangerous as domestic violence calls.
An old fkr with weapons close to death will not think twice about taking your life with them.
Old people are very dangerous.
I suggest calling welfare checks on authority.
Ring ring ..
Yes … 911. .
I think the governor is suicidal. .
She just found out that her lesbian lover is cheating on her with a gay black man.
Rumor has it she’s also strung out on coke / pills.
Beats her families kids.
Drives drunk.
Has an illegal alien as a housekeeper.
And blatantly parks in handicapped parking spaces fked up with no handicapped stickers.
COVER
UP!!
SUNDEE JUDEO KRISCHUN BULLCOOKIES!!!!!!
WHERE ARE “WELFARE CHECKS” WRITTEN IN THE LAW?
THATS FAMILY RESPONSIBILITY!!
AN EXCUSE FOR MURDER!!