EAGLEVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A man has died after he was attacked by a Scottish Highland bull in Rutherford County on Wednesday.
The bull was eventually shot and killed by a responding deputy.
The Rutherford County Sheriff's Office says the incident happened near Eagleville on Allisona Road, and 55-year-old Joseph Young from Chapel Hill was treated by paramedics with Rutherford County Emergency Medical Services before he was taken to an unspecified hospital by Life Flight.
Witnesses to the incident told deputies they heard the victim yell, "Get back, get back!" while he was inside a barn.
Deputy Jared Keith and EMS Supervisor Mike Johnson reportedly yelled at the bull to take the animal's attention away from the victim, according to a release from Rutherford County Sheriff Mike Fitzhugh.
“The bull then charged Deputy Keith and Supervisor Johnson. That’s when Deputy Keith discharged his Sheriff’s Office rifle and put the cow down,” said Cpl. Jamie Bailey with the sheriff's office.
A LifeFlight helicopter flew Young to a hospital where he died.
