Police: Man with gun shot dead by officers in Tennessee
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Investigators say a man with a gun may have fired at officers before he was shot and killed in Tennessee.
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokesman Josh DeVine says the shooting occurred Thursday afternoon after a man called 911 saying he was in the woods in Franklin County with a gun.
DeVine says six officers tried negotiation but the situation escalated. TBI is working to verify that the man fired at the officers, resulting in up to five officers returning fire.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}He was rushed to a hospital and died. TBI identified him as 40-year-old Randy Wayne Cole.
The officers were from Franklin County Sheriff's Office, Monteagle Police Department and Sewanee Police Department.
TBI won't identify officers involved.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The investigation is ongoing.