Man shoots, kills another armed with sword, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office says

DANDRIDGE, Tenn. (WVLT) - The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a man shot another man armed with a sword dead.

The announcement came Friday. According to the sheriff’s office, a call came in Thursday night reporting a shooting on Riverfront Circle in Dandrige. Deputies responded, JCSO said, and took the shooter into custody and tried to give CPR to the victim, who died at the scene.

“The shooter was transported to the sheriff’s office and interviewed by investigators and later released,” JCSO said. “The preliminary investigation and evidence recovered at the scene revealed that the victim was armed with a sword at the time of the shooting.”

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation also responded to the scene. JCSO said the investigation is ongoing.