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UPDATE: A Bradley County deputy shot and killed a man early Tuesday morning after he attacked her at her home. 

At 2:00am, Tiffany Goodwin Oakley, a female deputy with the Bradley County Sheriff's Department, went to her house on her overnight shift lunch break.

There, she saw a man hiding behind a vehicle on her property and asked what he was doing. He then attacked the deputy. 

"He tackled her and they got in a scuffle and he took his hands and put them around her face and tried to kill her," Sheriff Eric Watson said. 

In March of 2015, Oakley was punched in the face by a suspect after a foot pursuit on Georgetown Road near the Meigs County line.

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Watson said she used a stun gun which didn't work before resorting to deadly force. The man, identified as Allan White III, 23, was taken to a local hospital where he died. 

Watson isn't sure how many times White was shot. 

The 28-year-old deputy has been with the department for two years, according to Watson. She was checked out at the scene by EMS crews but she'll be okay. 

"She's taking it pretty rough," Watson said. "Anytime a deputy goes home that's their castle, their place. At this time we have no idea what the man was stalking her house for. He was clearly on her property and close to her front door."

Watson said she had never seen the man before. 

"No one wants to take anyone's life. But I want all my deputies going home too and living the next day. The guy clearly had no business stalking her house at 2am."

Watson said the man had an obvious motive and its a possibility she was targeted as a member of law enforcement. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is now handling the investigation. 

The deputy is now on paid administrative leave, per standard policy, and a pastor is on scene to speak with her.