TENNESSEE — TBI Special Agents are investigating the circumstances surrounding an officer-involved shooting that occurred in Chattanooga early Wednesday morning.
Preliminary information indicates the incident occurred at approximately 1:30 EST Wednesday morning at a home in the 300 block of Shawnee Trail. A subject — identified as Daniel Hendrix, an off-duty corrections deputy for the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office — was celebrating his birthday with two female friends, both off-duty Chattanooga Police Department officers. For reasons still under investigation, Hendrix appears to have changed his demeanor, became agitated, armed himself with a personal firearm, and threatened the two women, who later managed to flee the home during the exchange. One of the women was able to call 911 to alert authorities.
Two Chattanooga Police Department officers responded to the scene and located Hendrix, still armed, in the backyard of the home. Witnesses reported the officer gave verbal commands for Hendrix to drop his weapon, but he did not comply. Instead, the situation further escalated and resulted in one of the two responding officers firing his service weapon at least four times, striking Hendrix, who later died at Erlanger.
A look at the scene after this morning’s officer-involved shooting in Chattanooga. Road is still blocked at this intersection. @WRCB pic.twitter.com/4LVp2NwDEt
— Cameron Taylor (@CameronWRCB) March 29, 2017
Agents continue their work to collect any and all relevant evidence, and have located the firearm believed to be the one Hendrix used during the incident.
