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MOUNT CARMEL, Tenn. (WJHL) — A man has died after being shot by a family member in Mount Carmel, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI).
The TBI reports it began investigating a March 1 shooting in Mount Carmel at the request of 3rd Judicial District Attorney General Dan Armstrong.
The bureau stated that shortly after 12 p.m., Mount Carmel police officers and the Hawkins County Sheriff’s Office responded to a reported shooting in the 600 block of Independence Ave.
When authorities arrived, they reportedly found Joshua Britton Fann, 36, had been shot. Fann had been shot during what the TBI described as an “altercation with a family member.”
Fann was transported to a nearby hospital, where he later died.
As of Thursday, the investigation into the shooting remains ongoing.
No further details were released by the TBI.