East Tennessee Police Kill 24-Year-Old Asheville Man in Shootout

According to law enforcement, an Ashville a man is dead after he had a shootout with the police in an apartment in Tennessee on April 8, 2019.

The victim, Anthony Orlando Bowers who was 24 years old was transported to Greeneville hospital where he was pronounced dead.

According to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI), there was an alleged gunfight on April 7 with the police. Two officers were brought to the hospital and later hospitalized with injuries where they were not life-threatening. The incident is being investigated.

Bowers grew up in the Western part of North Caroline. He had more than twelve arrest warrants which were pending in Ashville. According to police, in December 2018, he drove his car into a police car. An officer was seriously injured.

Bowers was charged with assaulting a police officer and causing serious injury. He was also charged with felony hit and run which caused severe injury.

Law enforcement says the incident began on April 7 with a car chase.

The TBI stated right before 11:00 pm ET on April 7, Greenville police asked a driver to pull over who was speeding. The driver refused to stop, and the police chased him until he stopped, abandoned the car and ran to an apartment complex.

A female passenger who was in the car identified the man. Police went to his home in Eastgate arms. The police were given consent to search the premises.

Inside the apartment, they did not find the driver, but Bowers. TBI reported Bowers did not resign there. It is unclear why, but Bowers became combative, pulled out a gun, held it out to the police and fired.

The two officers were both hit and fired back, and Bowers was shot. TBI did not specify the injuries Bowers received or the two officers.

Police say Bowers had 14 warrants against him in Asheville.

Written by Barbara Sobel

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Citizen-Times: Asheville man killed in shootout with east Tennessee police, authorities say

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