The Nashville Fire Department has confirmed that one of its firefighters was the man shot late Monday night by Cheatham County deputies.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said Charles Holland, age 44, is in stable condition at Vanderbilt after being shot shortly before 9 p.m. at 1740 Sams Creek Road in Ashland City.
Officials initially responded to reports that someone was trying to run drivers off the road. When officers arrived, they saw a vehicle backing out of a driveway in the area.
Deputies initiated a traffic stop to try and determine if that was the vehicle involved in the earlier incident.
At that point, TBI officials said Holland came out of a home with a long gun and began walking toward deputies.
TBI officials said there was an encounter and the deputies fired shots at him. He was struck and taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
This is the gun that deputies say Holland was armed with when they shot him @NC5 pic.twitter.com/oH4ZcRWAJh
— Dan Kennedy (@NC5_DanKennedy) January 31, 2017
A neighbor identified him as a current firefighter and a father of three.
A total of three Cheatham County deputies were involved in the shooting. None of them were hurt.
The TBI did not say if Holland fired any shots during the encounter.
Once the investigation wraps, the District Attorney's Office will decide if any charges should be filed.
