TBI: Man injured after being shot by deputy in Murfreesboro
An investigation is underway late Wednesday afternoon into an officer-involved shooting in southeast Murfreesboro.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation confirmed the shooting took place about 3 p.m. in the 400 block of Double Springs Road.
TBI Spokeswoman Susan Niland told News 2 the incident involved a deputy with the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office. She says he responded to the home to speak with someone there in response to an incident that happened earlier this week.
Niland says, at some point, a physical altercation occurred in the driveway with 54-year-old Jeffery Underhill. During the altercation, the deputy fired his gun, striking Underhill at least one time.
The victim was flown to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville for treatment. It’s unclear how serious his injuries are at this time.
It’s not known at this time if Underhill was armed or fired a weapon to the deputy, who only received minor injuries during the physical altercation.
The deputy’s identity has not been released.
News 2 spoke with a neighbor, Elmo Herrod, who said he’s known Underhill for around two decades. He said he heard two gunshots while he was home during the incident.
“Boom boom. It was the same gun. I could tell,” he explained. “[Law enforcement] just started coming in every direction. Big box trucks, crime scene trucks, starting running that tape around.”
Herrod explained to News 2 he’s noted a change in his neighbor in the weeks and months before the shooting.
“He’s a pretty good ol’ boy. It’s just a couple years now since he’s come down with cancer,” the neighbor explained. “That medication he was on, his attitude kind of changed.”
Gunfire near Elmo’s home is nothing new. But with all eyes on Double Springs Road, neighbors are anxiously awaiting updates.
“People shoot around here all the time,” said Herrod. “For some reason I knew that this wasn’t good.”
Further details were not immediately known. The investigation remains active and ongoing.
Courtesy of WKRN News 2
