John Edward Shanks
Male, White
Date of the incident: 9/7/2013
Jasper, Marion, TN
1594 Lock and Dam Road
1594 Lock and Dam Road
Reports on events leading up to Shanks' death are varied and include attempted robbery, assault and sleeping on a porch. A deputy confronted him for an unknown reason, and Shanks fled into the woods. The deputy reports that when Shanks pointed a gun at him, he ordered him several times to drop the weapon. When Shanks did not comply, he shot and killed him.