GREENVILLE, Tennessee — Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Agents are investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred Monday afternoon in Greeneville.
Agents say just after 5:30 this afternoon, the Greeneville Police Department received a report of a hit-and-run incident in the parking lot of a Lowe’s home improvement store, located along East Andrew Johnson Highway. The incident was reportedly domestic in nature and involved a man targeting a woman he had been dating.
While investigating the incident, Greeneville officers received information that the male subject involved in the hit-and-run was headed back to the scene.
Officers encountered the man, identified as Travis Mullins, 29, who was dressed in a Cocke County Sheriff’s Office uniform and armed with a gun. One of the Greeneville officers made contact with Mullins, disarmed him, and attempted to arrest him.
At some point, for reasons still under investigation, Mullins was able to get back inside his vehicle and grab another firearm. At that point, Mullins reportedly pointed the gun at the officers, resulting in one of the officers firing shots, striking Mullins. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Mullins was employed as a corrections officer with the Cocke County Sheriff’s Office and was off-duty at the time of the incident.
The investigation is ongoing.
