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Tennessee Bureau of Investigation agents are investigating what led to a fatal officer-involved shooting at around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday in the area of South Third Street and Mitchell Road in Whitehaven.

According to TBI, DMario Perkins was injured in the shooting and died a short time later at Regional One Medical Center. He had just turned 29 on July 24.

The TBI says Perkins was stopped by two Memphis police officers on a traffic violation. Perkins appears to have made threats of suicide to the officers with a handgun and fired his weapon, TBI Spokesman Josh DeVine wrote in a news release.

The officers fired their weapons, fatally injuring Perkins. No law enforcement officers were injured, the release states.

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A TBI investigation is underway. "Throughout the process, investigative findings will be shared with the District Attorney General's office for her further review and consideration," DeVine wrote.

TBI agents and forensic scientists responded to the scene after 11 p.m.

TBI Agents and Forensic Scientists are en route to a reported officer-involved shooting in Memphis. Media: PIO @TBIJoshDeVine is on the way to the scene as well, and will provide details once he arrives. pic.twitter.com/pJKVZh12iq — TBI (@TBInvestigation) July 26, 2018

At the scene, the investigation centered on a Pontiac with a shattered back window, possibly shot out.

Rico Johnson, 32, who lives nearby, said he heard as many as 30 shots.

About 12:30 a.m., two young men showed up at the crime scene. One who wore glasses crossed the police line and tried to get closer to the spot where the police were gathered. The police quickly made him move back.

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“That’s my (expletive) brother, man!” the young man with the glasses shouted, following up with some insults at the officers who ordered him away.

He dared them to come arrest him, but they didn’t. He moved away and moments later, he sat down on the pavement and sobbed.

A minister who had come to the scene, Reginald Boyce, pastor of Riverside Missionary Baptist Church, tried to comfort him.

The other young man who’d come with the brother of the wounded man said he wasn’t ready to talk yet.

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This story is a breaking news story and will be updated as details develop.

Staff photographer Brad Vest and producer Juan Buitrago contributed to this story.