TBI: Cocke County jailer shot, killed in confrontation with Greeneville police

A Cocke County corrections officer was shot and killed in a confrontation with police in Greeneville, Tennessee who were responding to a domestic disturbance Monday.

Travis Mullins, 29, was dressed in his sheriff's office uniform and armed with a firearm in the parking lot of a Lowe's on East Andrew Highway when officers approached him at the scene of a hit-and-run crash involving a woman he had been dating, according to a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation news release.

Mullins was off-duty at the time, the TBI release notes.

"One of the Greeneville officers made contact with Mullins, disarmed him, and attempted to arrest him," the release states. "At some point, for reasons still under investigation, Mullins was able to get back inside his vehicle and grab another firearm.

"At that point, Mullins reportedly pointed the gun at the officers, resulting in one of the officers firing shots, striking Mullins."

The corrections officer was pronounced dead at the scene.

A TBI investigation into the circumstances surrounding the shooting remains active and ongoing.