Sheriff’s office: TBI investigating after officer-involved shooting near Clinton Highway, KCSO deputy put on leave

What This Story Is About

• Per KCSO’s policies, the deputy has been placed on administrative leave following an officer-involved shooting that happened on Sunday morning near Clinton Highway.

Why It Matters

• KCSO’s procedure calls for putting deputies on administrative leave after they are involved with shootings while the investigation leading up to the event can be conducted.

What Happens Next

• Deputy Duncan was not injured during the incident and has been placed on administrative leave with pay pending the outcome of the investigation, per KCSO’s standard policies and procedures.

Catch Up

• Knox County deputies responded to 911 calls about an armed, erratic man in a business parking lot; a deputy shot the man, who died at the scene.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - A Knox County Sheriff’s Office deputy has been placed on administrative leave following an officer-involved shooting that left one man dead on Sunday morning.

It happened around 7:30 a.m. in the 7500 block of Clinton Highway, near Weigel’s.

That man was later identified as 31-year-old Caleb Barber. Police said he died at the scene.

The deputy has been identified as Deputy R. Duncan.

KCSO says he has been with the sheriff’s office since May of 2025 and is currently assigned to the Patrol Division, KCSO said.

Deputy Duncan wasn’t hurt during the incident and has been placed on administrative leave with pay pending the outcome of the investigation, per KCSO’s standard policies and procedures.

KCSO says that the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is conducting an independent investigation into the circumstances surrounding the shooting.

“As the TBI is the lead investigative agency, any additional information regarding the circumstances of this incident will be deferred to their office.”

No further information is being released by KCSO at this time.

This is a developing story.