CPD Officers On Administrative Leave Following Swat Response

CHATTANOOGA, TN. – Four Chattanooga Police officers are on paid administrative leave after the domestic disorder standoff last weekend on South Kelley Street that resulted in the suspect being shot when he pointed a gun at police. Administrative leave is protocol following an officer involved shooting.

Sergeant Jeramiah Cook, Officer Camy Barber, Officer Christian Burgeson, and Officer Nicholas Wilde are on leave. Officers got the call to the 1900 block of South Kelley Street at 11:35 Saturday night. They were able to escort family members out of the residence, during which the suspect pointed his gun at the officers. After the other members had been escorted out, the suspect came out a back door and again pointed his gun at police, officers engaged and shot the suspect.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) is handling the investigation at the request of the 11th Judicial District Attorney Coty Wamp. The TBI is the independent, fact-finding state agency that handles the investigations into most of the state’s use-of-force cases.