Saturday, March 18, 2017

Man in Tennessee Fatally Shot By Police as He Streamed Encounter Online

Police in Tennessee on Thursday fatally shot a driver who authorities said tried to hit officers with his vehicle, and who recorded the shooting on Facebook live.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said Rodney James Hess, 36, parked his sport-utility vehicle on a highway off ramp at around 2:15 p.m., was acting erratically and at one point "attempted to use his vehicle to strike the officers at least twice."

"During the escalation of events" at least one Crockett County sheriff's deputy fired through the windshield, the agency said in a statement. Hess was airlifted to a hospital and later died. 

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