Local News
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) is investigating an officer-involved shooting that resulted in the death of a 20-year-old in Gallatin on Saturday. The TBI said the incident began after two officers approached a suspicious vehicle containing two people in a parking lot on College Street. One officer reportedly requested that one of the occupants – later identified as 20-year-old Devon Derantez Rutherford – exit the vehicle. Authorities said Rutherford grabbed a gun a shot one of the officers. The othernofficer at the scene then fired his weapon and killed Rutherford. The injured officer was taken to a local hospital to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
Fire investigators are need your help regarding a suspected arson that occurred Wednesday in the 2300 block of Button Court in Clarks ville. Anyone with information is asked to contact the TN Arson Hotline at 1-800-762-3017. A reward of up to $5,000 may be paid for the information that leads to the identification of any person committing arson.
A 7-year-old girl was found unresponsive in a pool near a family member’s home on Village Green Drive in Hermitage. Police said she went through a fence before attempting to swim in the pool in the 8-foot-deep end. Her family reported her missing around 6 a.m. Sunday. Officers jumped into the water, pulled her from the pool and began resuscitation efforts. However, the girl did not survive.
AAA said more than 43 million people will be on the road this Fourth of July. That’s about a million more people than who were on the road last year. In Tennessee, about 968,000 people will road trip to their holiday destination. Some good news for Tennesseans and those traveling through the state, gas prices are more than a dollar cheaper than what people were paying last year in Tennessee during the Independence Day weekend. Tennessee is now the third least expensive market in the nation for gas prices.
