November 16, 2020
By: Dwayne Page
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department are investigating a fatal shooting early Sunday morning at a residence on Lee Braswell Road.
Sheriff Patrick Ray said that a woman called Central Dispatch at 12:42 a.m. Sunday to report that she had shot her husband. The man was taken by DeKalb EMS to Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Hospital where he later died.
Names of the man and woman have not been released.
In a prepared news release, Sheriff Ray said that “on Sunday morning, November the 15th, at 12:42 am, DeKalb Central Dispatch was advised of a shooting on Lee Braswell Road. The woman caller advised she had shot her husband”.
“Deputies of the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department arrived on the scene at 12:50 am. The man was taken by DeKalb EMS to Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Hospital from the scene. The man later died at the hospital”.
“The case is being investigated by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. There has been no arrest. Agents are awaiting autopsy reports and further investigation into the case”.
“Besides TBI Agents, Sheriff Patrick Ray, Deputies and Detectives from the Sheriff’s Department, District Attorney General Bryant Dunaway and a Detective from his Department were on the scene for assistance,” said Sheriff Ray