TBI special agents continue to investigate a deadly officer-involved shooting early Thursday morning in Weakley County.
The shooting happened at approximately midnight in the 400 block of Travis Road. Deputies from the Weakley County Sheriff’s Department and officers from the Martin Police Department had responded to the area on a report of a stolen vehicle that had been set on fire.
Information gathered during their investigation led them to the home of 44-year-old Bobby Dickens, a resident in the area.
After making contact with Dickens, however, a short standoff ensued when he refused to comply with officer commands. The deputies used tear gas and TASERs in an attempt to subdue Dickens, but the situation escalated when Dickens presented a knife/machete-type weapon toward the officers, resulting in at least one officer firing their service weapon, striking Dickens, who subsequently died.
No law enforcement officers were hurt in the incident.
