Police responded to the report of an armed robbery around 9 p.m. Officers found an SUV with three men inside. The driver refused to stop, and officers pursued them. As officers were ordering the men out, officers fired shots and struck all three men. The driver, Joshua Hoffpauir, was pronounced dead the scene while Mitchell Gagel, 23, and Tiffany Leshay Mynatt, 38, were injured.
Killer: Justin Armstrong, Mark McNabney, Tyler Hansen and Lance Chandler
Agency: Sevierville Police Department
Motive: Robbery
Confrontation Type: Violent Crime
Service Call: Yes
Body Camera: No
Official Disposition: Pending investigation
Victim Name: Joshua Hoffpauir
Death Date: December 17, 2020
County: Sevier
Geography: Rural
Gender: Male
Age: 33
Race: White
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Criminal Charges: No known charges
Mental Illness: No
Armed: Allegedly Armed
Weapon: other
Threat Level: other
Fleeing: Car
Washington Post Database ID: 6440