By Mason Edwards

Chattanooga Times Free Press

BRADLEY COUNTY, Tenn. — A man fired shots at law enforcement drones during a mental health crisis Monday before surrendering, according to the Bradley County Sheriff’s Office .

Deputies were called to a home in northeast Bradley County near Urbane Road to help paramedics and firefighters after a medical call escalated into a combative encounter, according to a press release. The first responders evacuated the home, and officers searched the nearby neighborhood for the man involved.

When the man returned home, a Bradley County Sheriff’s Office drone dropped a cell phone so negotiators could speak to him. During the talks, Possien fired at the deputies’ drone and a Cleveland Police Department drone being used to help, officials said.

The dro

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