A stretch of Oak Ridge Turnpike was closed west of Louisiana Avenue late Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning as police and fire units investigated a shooting incident. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
Note: This story was last updated at 9:13 a.m.
A stretch of Oak Ridge Turnpike was closed west of Louisiana Avenue late Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning as police and fire units investigated a shooting incident.
A medical helicopter landed at Big Turtle Park in west Oak Ridge and could be seen taking off at about 11:40 p.m. Emergency workers reported a man with a gunshot wound to the face, although authorities hadn’t released details about the shooting as of early Wednesday morning. Update (9:13 a.m.): Police have since said the gunshot wound was self-inflicted.
All four lanes of the divided highway remained closed until past 2 a.m. Wednesday, and the Oak Ridge Police Department and Oak Ridge Fire Department were both on the scene early Wednesday. The Anderson County Sheriff’s Department helped provide traffic control east of the incident near United Grocery Outlet at Louisiana Avenue on Tuesday evening and into Wednesday morning. Most traffic was taking a side street route down West Lincoln Road.
Emergency responders were on Oak Ridge Turnpike in front of the area near K&J Market and Chuck’s Car Care Center. They started diverting traffic at about 10:45 p.m. A Lifestar medical helicopter, generally used to transport patients to the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville, was called at about 11 p.m., with the landing zone set up at Big Turtle Park.
Anderson County and Roane County emergency responders also assisted.
The Oak Ridge Police Department said it planned to release additional information soon.
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