The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) is actively investigating after agents discovered a bald eagle with an injury from gunfire. TWRA agents Nathan Karch and Jason Shapton responded to a report involving an injured young bald eagle in Sumner County on Thursday,

Nathan Karch and Robertson County Officer Jason Shapton responded to a "distressing call about a possibly injured juvenile bald eagle," according to the release. “We were able to locate it and eventually catch it after a short foot chase,

The eagle is expected to survive, however the TWRA said in a social media post that it would never be able to return to the wild.