Marty R. Tennyson

Deadly force

A state trooper shot pedestrian Marty R. Tennyson when he allegedly charged at him with a broken bottle on the freeway. At about 11:30 p.m., the trooper stopped when he saw Tennyson, who was walking home after checking himself out of a drug and alcohol treatment facility, bleeding from the wrist on I-635. According to police, a hostile confrontation ensued, and Tennyson allegedly turned and charged, prompting the trooper to shoot him once. Tennyson died at the scene.