Knox County, TN (story courtesy of WVLT) – Just after 9:00 a.m. Wednesday July 9 Deputies with the Knox County Sheriff’s Office were involved in a shooting.
Kimberly Glenn with KCSO said that deputies were attempting to serve an outstanding warrant Wednesday morning on Windtree Oaks Lane in South Knox County off of Governor John Sevier Highway.
Glenn said that while officers were severing the warrant, an incident occurred resulting in at least one shot being fired by a deputy.
Court documents obtained by WVLT show that deputies were at the residence to serve a warrant on 49-year-old Brad Ellott Foster, who was wanted for violation of probation.
Foster is charged with 4 counts of aggravated assault, 4 counts of reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon involved, 1 count of resisting arrest, and one count of attempted second degree murder, according to court records.
Officers said when they made contact with Foster, he was refusing to drop a knife in his hand and was barricaded in the bedroom. Officers said that Foster then moved the barricade and, threw the knife. He then grabbed a bayonet type sword and was waving it at officers in the doorway of the bedroom, according to court records.
Foster then threw the bayonet type sword hitting a officer, according to the court records.
Officers said that Foster continued to throw several knives and a metal spiked mace and chains at them.
Investigators with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation say at one point, an officer fired a shot, hitting Foster in the hand.
Foster was transported to the hospital for treatment.
The TBI has been called to conduct the investigation into the officer involved shooting.
