Police killings
2013-2020

Joseph Robbins

Male, White

Date of the incident: 8/8/2018

Carthage, Smith, TN
158 Hospital Dr

A hospital security guard called police around 4:30 a.m. to report a suspicious vehicle at Smith County Hospital. Two Carthage Police Department officers responded and approached the vehicle. The driver, Joseph Robbins, allegedly tried to hit one of the officers with his vehicle. One of the officers shot and killed Robbins.