TBI LOOKING INTO OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING
The TBI is looking into an officer-involved shooting that happened in Vonore yesterday. Preliminary reports indicates a police officer tried to stop a suspected DUI driver on Highway 72. The driver, identified as Stephen Weaver of Sugarland, Texas, sped away from the officer and crashed into a guard rail. The officer approached Weaver and an altercation started. The officer’s gun was fired, hitting Weaver in the neck. Weaver was taken to a hospital where he was later released. The officer was not injured. Charges are pending in the incident.