Tenn. Code § 39-11-612 : CRIMINAL OFFENSES — GENERAL PROVISIONS — JUSTIFICATION EXCLUDING CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY —11-612 - Defense of third person

A person is justified in threatening or using force against another to protect a third person, if:

(1) Under the circumstances as the person reasonably believes them to be, the person would be justified under § 39-11-611 in threatening or using force to protect against the use or attempted use of unlawful force reasonably believed to be threatening the third person sought to be protected; and
(2) The person reasonably believes that the intervention is immediately necessary to protect the third person.

T.C.A. § 39-11-612

Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 1.