Man charged with gunshots fired at officer and crashing of a patrol car 
The Associated Press
Found on 10/04/02

CHATTANOOGA -- Investigators used a police dog, a helicopter 
and an airplane to track down a man charged with firing gunshots at  
an officer during a fight. The suspect also stole a patrol car.

The shots fired about 6 a.m. Tuesday missed the officer's face 
and struck his bullet-proof protector. He was not seriously wounded.

Investigators arrested Jeremy Tucker Davis, 25, of Chattanooga 
about 1 p.m. Tuesday after a police dog grabbed him by the arm 
in a house basement where the owner, after hearing a man cough, 
trapped him inside by locking the basement door.

Davis was charged with attempted murder.

Police said the earlier shooting happened when officers 
responding to a report of car break-in chased two men on 
bicycles. A juvenile was apprehended and an officer fought with 
another man who fired at least one shot near the officer's face 
and another that struck state arm or he was wearing on his back.

The man who fired the shots then jumped in a patrol car and 
attempt to drive away before an officer fired shots in the 
windshield. The shots missed the fleeing man but he crashed 
the car and ran.

Investigators in a search of several hours called in a helicopter 
and a state airplane before receiving a call of a basement intruder.


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