Officials identify man who was shot to death by East Ridge police

Todd Browning
Todd Browning
photo Todd Browning

The man shot and killed by East Ridge police on Friday evening has been identified.

Todd Browning, 54, was the man killed, according to a Monday afternoon news release from the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office.

The sheriff's office investigated the shooting and said the name of the East Ridge police officer who shot Browning is "not being released at this time."

Browning refused commands by the officer outside a home on Prigmore Road and allegedly approached the officer with a weapon, sheriff's office spokesman Matt Lea said that night at the scene.

The incident began at an AutoZone on Ringgold Road around 6 p.m. when East Ridge police responded to a report of a man wielding a knife there, according to Lea.

A witness said Friday that Browning was shot four times in the chest.

Monday's news release said the investigation is active and still considered to be in its early stages.

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