Tennessee police fatally shoot armed man during welfare check following threats of self-harm
TN police received distress call from woman who said her ex-boyfriend was threatening suicide
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A Tennessee police officer fatally shot an armed man during a welfare check, authorities said.
Franklin police responded Monday night to a request for a welfare check on a man who was threatening self-harm, the agency said.
"Franklin officers received a call from a woman who said her ex-boyfriend was FaceTiming her and he was threatening to commit suicide and he has a gun," Franklin police Chief Deborah Faulkner told news outlets.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Responding officers made contact with Steven Lawrence Tropia through a door and attempted to get him out of the apartment, according to a statement from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.
"As they continued to speak with him, he came out armed with a handgun, resulting in one officer using deadly force," the statement said.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Tennessee police fatally shot an armed man during a welfare check following threats of suicide.
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Tropia was taken to a Nashville hospital, where he later died. No officers were injured.
The officers who responded were trained for crisis intervention, Faulkner said.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"We just didn’t get an opportunity to use it," she said.
TBI agents are working to independently determine the series of events leading to the shooting, the agency said.