BRISTOL, Tenn. - The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has released the name of the suspect behind Thursday morning's random shooting in Bristol, TN that claimed the life of an area newspaper carrier and injured three others, including a local police officer.
The TBI says 37-year-old Lakeem Keon Scott was armed with at least two weapons, an automatic-style rifle,
| Likely not an automatic, but semi-automatic, and a reporter even in Tennessee doesn't know the difference... |
a pistol and a large amount of ammunition, reports CBS statation WJHL in Tennessee.
Preliminary findings indicate Scott may have targeted people and officers after being troubled by recent events involving African-Americans and law enforcement officers in other parts of the country.
Investigators spoke with Scott Friday morning.
Did they speak to him in a Turkish way with mustache wax and truncheons, or did they speak to him in a RAB way, in which we'll be reading about him tomorrow in a banana grove cotton field? |
Agents say "the work to develop a thorough understanding of his motivation for this incident remains central to the ongoing investigative work."
The Federal Bureau of Investigation, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Sullivan County Sheriff's Office, and Bristol Tennessee Police Department are also assisting the TBI with this case.
| Is the FBI there to help or to ensure that the crime is classified "correctly"? |
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