Knox County Sheriff s Office deputies responded to 911 calls to the scene that Saturday morning. A deputy ended up shooting Petrancosta, an Illinois native, resulting in his hospitalization at University of Tennessee Medical Center. After reviewing the case file, the District Attorney’s Office determined that this officer-involved shooting was justified, DA s Office spokesman Sean McDermott said.
The TBI investigated the shooting, as is now standard in Knox County. The DA s Office has returned the file to the TBI, McDermott said.
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Joseph Gandy describing how Skyler Petrancosta fired into his home in Powell.
Petrancosta was booked into county custody Dec. 13 after his hospitalization and remains in jail. He showed a Clinton address but is actually from the Chicago area.