New Orleans native Rodney James Hess, 36, died after a Crockett County deputy shot him Thursday afternoon on the exit ramp of Highway 412 and Highway 88 in Alamo, TN.
The fiancee of Rodney Hess, the man shot and killed by a Crockett County Sheriff's deputy, wants people to know that Hess was a great father and loved life, and now his family wants answers about how he died.
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Rodney Hess' family speaks out about fatal shooting by Crockett County deputies
New Orleans native Rodney James Hess, 36, died after a Crockett County deputy shot him Thursday afternoon on the exit ramp of Highway 412 and Highway 88 in Alamo, TN.
The fiancee of Rodney Hess, the man shot and killed by a Crockett County Sheriff's deputy, wants people to know that Hess was a great father and loved life, and now his family wants answers about how he died.
"He was not on a suicide mission," Johnisha Provost said Friday from her Texas home where she lived with Rodney Hess. "He was not trying to harm anybody. He was asking them for help and they shot him down."
Hess, 36, was shot and killed Thursday afternoonin Alamo, Tenn. when authorities said he blocked traffic on the Highway 412 East ramp by parking his car sideways.
Authorities said Hess became "erratic" and when he attempted to use his vehicle to hit officers, a deputy shot him. Hess was taken to the Regional Medical Center in Memphis where he died.