A domestic dispute on the afternoon of Wednesday, July 25, 2018, ended with the death of 54-year-old Rose Heatherly on Chapman Crest Road in the Powell Valley area of LaFollette, Tennessee. Deputies from the Campbell County Sheriff’s Office were called for a reported shooting and found Rose fatally wounded at the scene.

The suspect was identified as her 64-year-old husband, Michael Heatherly. After the shooting he confronted responding officers and pointed a firearm at them, and one officer fired. Michael Heatherly was struck, taken to a local hospital, and later died of his wounds. A deputy sheriff, an agent with the 8th Judicial Drug Task Force, and a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper were all involved. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is handling the officer-involved shooting investigation and the officer who fired was placed on administrative leave with pay.

If anyone witnessed the incident or has information about the events on Chapman Crest Road that afternoon, please share what is known.