(Knoxville, TN) – Austin East Magnet High school will remain closed through Monday, April allowing the community time to heal following the shooting this week. The TBI says the student who died is 17-year-old Anthony Thompson Jr.
They also said that Knoxville Police officer Adam Wilson was not shot in the leg by the student’s gun. He did have surgery and is recovering.
The Knoxville Police Department has released the names of all the officers involved in the incident reported inside of Austin-East Magnet High School Monday afternoon.
According to KPD, the officers were identified as:
- Officer Adam Willson
- Lieutenant Stanley Cash
- Officer Jonathon Clabough
- Officer Brian Baldwin
Willson, who was wounded in the shooting, has been with the KPD since January 2001 and was currently serving as the School Resource Officer at Austin-East Magnet High School, KPD said.
KPD also mentioned that Lieutenant Cash has been with the KPD since October 2001 and that Clabough has been with the KPD since February 2017.
Baldwin has been with the KPD since October 2004, KPD said.
According to a press release by KPD, Cash, Clabough, and Baldwin are all assigned to the East District patrol.
Willson is continuing to recover from his injuries at the UT Medical Center.
Per departmental policy, the involved officers have been placed on temporary administrative leave, KPD said.
A statement Wednesday afternoon from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation shed some light on the police shooting that left an Austin East High School student dead, but there are still more unanswered questions.
Thompson is the fifth student from Austin East to die in gun violence so far this year.
(WBIR)
