Brownsville woman fatally shot by deputies identified, sheriff says

BARTLETT, Tenn. - A woman is dead following a weekend officer-involved shooting in Bartlett. Deputies stopped a vehicle on Ellis Road near Golden V...

March 26, 2023
6:28 AM

BARTLETT, Tenn. - A woman is dead following a weekend officer-involved shooting in Bartlett. Deputies stopped a vehicle on Ellis Road near Golden Valley Lane around 2:40 p.m. Authorities told FOX13 the incident was fueled by a domestic situation that happened in Fayette County around 1 p.m. The suspect has been identified as Melissa S. Horton, a resident of Brownsville, Tenn. According to the Fayette County Sheriff's Department, the now deceased woman, pulled a shot gun on her fiancé, threatened him and struck him in the head with the gun.

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