KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Knox County Sheriff’s Office Sheriff Tom Spangler apologized after Tucker Blakely’s unit number was reassigned.
Blakely was shot and killed after responding to a domestic situation in October 2023.
In a social media post released on Saturday, Spangler said that he had made the decision to retire Echo-19, Blakely’s unit number, as a “lasting tribute to his service and sacrifice.”…