Manhunt launched for Nashville police chief’s son suspected in shooting of 2 Tennessee officers

LA VERGNE, Tenn. — Police in Tennessee launched a seek Saturday for a suspect imagined to have shot and wounded two police officers in a group close to Nashville.

The two officers had been transported to a health center and indexed in solid situation following the shooting in La Vergne in a while prior to 2:30 p.m., La Vergne Police Chief Christopher Moews mentioned all over a press briefing.

Police known the suspect as John C. Drake, Jr., 38, who’s the son of Metro Nashville Police Department Chief John Drake.

The police leader issued a remark Saturday confirming his son was once the suspect in the shooting. Drake mentioned they had been estranged and over a few years he has had simplest minimum touch together with his son. The more youthful Drake is a convicted felon who “resorted to years of criminal activity,” he mentioned.

“He now needs to be found and held accountable for his actions today. I hope that anyone who sees him or has information about him will contact law enforcement immediately,” Drake said in the statement.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said in a social media post that a statewide alert had been issued for Drake, who was wanted on two counts of attempted first-degree murder.

The shooting occurred at a Dollar General store while officers were investigating a stolen vehicle. The officers struggled with the suspect, who pulled a handgun and shot them, Moews said.

One of the officers was shot twice, in the groin and right forearm, and was transported by air to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. The other officer, who was hit in the rear left shoulder, also was taken to Vanderbilt Medical, Moews said.

After the shooting, the La Vergne police issued a shelter-in-place order for residents in the city about 20 miles (32 kilometers) southeast of Nashville.

The refuge order was once later lifted whilst the quest for Drake endured, the dep. mentioned in a social media post.