Jocques Clemmons Shooting: Nashville DA Has Follow-Up Questions For TBI

NASHVILLE, TN — After reviewing the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation's findings for a week, Davidson County District Attorney-General Glenn Funk is asking for some follow-up in the investigation of the February 10 shooting death of Jocques Clemmons by Metro Nashville Police Officer Josh Lippert.

"The District Attorney’s Office is continuing to work with the TBI and have asked them to do some follow-up to their investigation. This process could take at least two weeks," Funk's spokesperson Dorinda Carter emailed The Tennessean.

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The TBI forwarded its files to Funk last week. Generally, TBI investigations are not made public, but Funk has promised to post it on his website. Ultimately, it will be Funk who deci,. des if Lippert should face criminal charges. Lippert shot and killed Clemmons after a traffic stop and altercation in the parking lot of the James Cayce Homes. Clemmons was hit twice in the back and once in the hip. Metro Police said Clemmons had a gun during the incident.

On Tuesday, the Nashville chapter of the NAACP called for more training for Metro officers and raised questions about the diversity of the teams that investigated the incident for both the MNPD and TBI, according to The Tennessean.

"The team did not consist of minorities. There should be minorities that are part of this team," chapter president Ludye Wallace said, according to the newspaper. "Minorities and people of color need to be everywhere. We are suspicious of the process."

MNPD spokesperson Don Aaron told The Tennessean the department had seven detectives, including one African-American, investigating the case. The TBI did not answer questions about the demographic make-up of its team.