The Knox County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an incident that occurred Wednesday night around 10:30 which involved an officer firing at a suspect.

Sergeant David Amburn stopped a male suspect for reckless driving on Beaverton Road at Gleason.  According to the report, the suspect exited his car with a chrome and black object that appeared to be a gun in his hands.    He was holding the object in a shooting position, pointed at the officer while moving toward Amburn in an aggressive manner.  He was shouting, “shoot me, shoot me.”  The officer attempted to put his police car between himself and the suspect, but the suspect continued to move toward the officer and shouting to be shot.

Amburn said he feared for his life and fired one round from his duty weapon at the suspect and missed.  The suspect then fled into the woods. 

Officer John Edgar located the suspect on the other side of the woods in the Tiffany Square Apartment parking lot.  The suspect pointed an object at Officer Edgar and again shouted for the officer to shoot him.  As the officer changed position to find a safer area to block any shots that the suspect might fire, he was able to see that the suspect did not have a gun.  It is believed the object that he pointed at Edgar was a cell phone.  The officer was able to gain control of the suspect after tasing him two times and then took him into custody.

The suspect has been identified as twenty-one year old Uriel Rubio (no address).  He has a criminal history with different names.  He has been charged with aggravated assault and resisting arrest and is being held on a $22,500 bond.   He has been charged in the past in Greene County with driving without a license, DUI, and no insurance and once in Knox County on DUI.