A man is dead and a woman injured after a shooting at the Blount County Adult Probation Office. An active shooter call went out just before 10am Eastern Time and there was a large police presence near the Blount County Justice Center.
Maryville Police Chief Tony Crisp said 43-year-old Rikki Nicle Allen was shot in the head and 39-year-old Brian Steven Yates shot himself in the head. Allen was taken to UT Medical Center in critical condition. Yates died at the scene.
Allen and Yates share two children and were estranged. The children were not present when the shooting occurred.
No one else was injured.