Police killings
2013-2020

Rodney James Hess

Male, Black

Date of the incident: 3/16/2017

Alamo, Crockett, TN
US-412 and TN-88

Rodney James Hess had blocked traffic on the Highway 412 East ramp by parking his car sideways. When deputies responded due to traffic being blocked, police said Hess became "erratic." Hess tried to run down responding police, and he was shot and killed.