TBI investigates officer-involved shooting in Dyer County

Monday, January 30, 2023

On January 29, the Dyer County Sheriff’s Department deputies responded to a domestic violence call at 136 Carrie Street. The suspect, Terry Noel, 50, of Dyersburg fled the scene and was later located by deputies on Beaver Rd. According to the DCSD, the suspect had a handgun in his possession. Deputies reportedly attempted to disarm Noel for over an hour before he reportedly fired the weapon at a deputy, who returned fire, fatally wounding Noel.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation issued the following release on the incident:

“At the request of 29th Judicial District Attorney General Danny Goodman, TBI special agents continue to investigate the circumstances leading to the deadly shooting of a man by a deputy from the Dyer County Sheriff’s Office, Sunday afternoon.

"Preliminary information indicates that at approximately 2:30 p.m. deputies arrived at a home in the 3400 block of Beaver Road in Dyersburg to serve a warrant in connection to an incident that occurred earlier in the day in Dyer County. According to information from the scene, deputies made contact with the individual outside of the home as he sat in a pickup truck. The deputies talked with him for more than an hour in an effort to get him to exit the vehicle. For reasons still under investigation, the encounter escalated and the deputy and individual exchanged gunfire, resulting in the man being struck. He was transported to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced deceased. The deceased individual has been identified as Terry L. Noel (DOB: 9/30/72) of Dyersburg. No law enforcement officers were hurt in the incident.

"TBI agents are working to independently determine the series of events leading to the shooting, including collecting evidence and conducting interviews. Throughout the process, investigative findings will be shared with the district attorney general for his further review and consideration. The TBI acts solely as fact-finders in its cases and does not determine whether the actions of an officer were justified in these types of matters. That decision rests with the district attorney general requesting TBI’s involvement.

"The TBI does not identify the officers involved in these types of incidents and instead refers questions of that nature to the respective department to answer as it sees fit.”

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