At the request of 13th Judicial District Attorney General Bryant Dunaway, TBI special agents continue to investigate the circumstances of a deadly shooting involving deputies from the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office.
Preliminary information from a TBI press release indicates the incident occurred early Saturday morning at a home in the 100 block of Scott Creek Road in Crossville. Cumberland County Deputies responded to the location on a report of shots fired and encountered a man, identified as 22-year-old Rodolfo Daniel Lima, armed with a handgun in the driveway. Authorities gave several commands for Lima to drop his weapon, but he refused to comply. The TBI says the situation escalated when Lima fired in the direction of responding officers, resulting in at least one deputy firing upon Lima, hitting and killing him. No law enforcement officers were hurt in the incident.