SMYRNA, Tenn. (WKRN) — A large police presence was spotted Saturday afternoon in Smyrna, where authorities reportedly encountered a person with a weapon.
A Smyrna resident shared video with News 2 showing multiple law enforcement vehicles and officers holding guns as they appeared to confront a man outside of a gas station along North Lowry Street on Saturday, April 11.
In the video, you can hear what sounds like a gunshot before the man started stumbling around and dropped to his knees. Then, officers approached the man and surrounded him.
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Heather Kent, the public information officer for the Town of Smyrna, told News 2 that the Smyrna Police Department responded to a domestic disturbance involving “an individual known to have a history of making threats toward law enforcement officers and who is frequently armed.”…