A HAWKINS COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY AND A ROGERSVILLE POLICE OFFICER INVOLVED IN A WEEKEND SHOOTING INCIDENT THAT LEFT TWO PEOPLE INJURED, HAVE BEEN PLACED ON PAID ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE. ROGERSVILLE POLICE OFFICER KEN FERGUSON AND COUNTY DEPUTY SCOTT STEWART ATTEMPTED TO STOP A CAR SATURDAY NIGHT AFTER FERGUSON RECOGNIZED THE DRIVER, 20 YEAR OLD JOSEPH FORTENBERRY OF GREENEVILLE AS SOMEONE WHO WAS WANTED BY POLICE. ROGERSVILLE POLICE CHIEF DOUG NELSON SAYS A HIGH SPEED CHASE ENSUED THAT LED TO A MOBILE HOME PARK. HE TELLS US WHAT HAPPENED NEXT….
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THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE OFFICERS FIRED A TOTAL OF EIGHT SHOTS INTO THE VEHICLE. FORTENBERRY AND HIS 16 YEAR OLD FEMALE PASSENGER UNDERWENT SURGERY AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL WHERE THEY REMAIN IN STABLE CONDITION. THE OFFICERS REMAIN ON PAID LEAVE PENDING THE OUTCOME OF THE INVESTIGATION BY THE TENNESSEE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION. nelson.mp3