Police killings
2013-2020

Anthony John Michael Zapier

Male, White

Date of the incident: 10/25/2019

Morristown, Hamblen, TN
3000 Heathcliff Rd

Around 5:30 a.m., a wreck was reported and in the 911 call, a man was reported being disorderly and armed with a gun. When the deputy arrived, Anthony John Michael Zapier reportedly refused to comply with orders and began fighting. He ran and got in the deputy's cruiser, and the deputy tried to stop him. After reportedly being dragged by the cruiser through a field, the deputy shot and killed Zapier.