Published: December 31, 2018

AT THE REQUEST OF 14TH DISTRICT ATTORNEY GENERAL CRAIG NORTHCOTT, TBI AGENTS CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE THE CIRCUMSTANCES LEADING TO AN OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING THAT OCCURRED FRIDAY NIGHT IN TULLAHOMA. ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE, INITIAL REPORTS INDICATE OFFICERS WITH THE TULLAHOMA POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO THE WALMART ALONG NORTH JACKSON STREET AFTER RECEIVING INFORMATION THAT A WANTED INDIVIDUAL WAS INSIDE. OFFICERS LOCATED THE MAN, IDENTIFIED AS 34 YEAR OLD MARK WADE LUTTRELL, JR., INSIDE THE STORE AND APPROACHED HIM. AT SOME POINT DURING THE CONFRONTATION, LUTTRELL ATTEMPTED TO PULL A GUN ON OFFICERS AT WHICH TIME ONE OF THE OFFICERS FIRED AT LUTTRELL, STRIKING HIM. HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD THE SCENE.
THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.