Authorities: Officer in Tennessee fatally shoots man

CARTHAGE, Tenn. – A law enforcement officer in Tennessee fatally shot a person Thursday morning, authorities said.

The Smith County Sheriff’s Department responded to a report of a stabbing and found Gary Wayne Madewell, 38, with a knife, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said in a news release. The matter escalated, and at least one deputy fired at Madewell, who died at the scene, the release said. No officers were injured.

A woman injured in the earlier stabbing was hospitalized, the TBI said.

Smith County is about 50 miles (80 kilometres) east of Nashville.