The Man who threatened the school principal was shot In Tennessee

In BLOUNTVILLE, Tennessee, a man was killed, after he went inside the school and pointed a gun at the principal’s head. Associated Press reported with reference to the statement made by Sheriff Wayne Anderson (Wayne Anderson). He said the incident occurred on Monday, August 30.
The sheriff said that 62-year-old Thomas Richard Cowan (Thomas Richard Cowan) went to school in the morning. Cowan entered the school with a .380-caliber semiautomatic and a .25-caliber handgun in his back pocket, Anderson said. The sheriff said that after Cowan grabbed the principal, Melanie Riden, and pointed the semiautomatic at her head, student resource officer Carolyn Gudger pulled her gun on Cowan and moved the principal to safety. Anderson noted that arrived on the scene police demanded that Thomas Richard Cowan threw his arms. The man refused to comply and was shot dead by police.

None of the students and teachers as a result of the incident was not injured. At the same time Wayne Anderson said There’s no doubt in my mind he went there to kill someone today.

Blountville is near the Virginia line, about 250 miles east of Nashville.