Knoxville, TN - Homeless Man SHOOTS - KILLS SCHOOL OFFICER - STEALS CRUISER - Tries to Ram Other Cruisers
Homeless man held in fatal shooting of Tennessee officer
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. A school officer in Tennessee is dead -- gunned down,
investigators say, by a homeless man who stole his cruiser on Halloween night
and led police on a chase.
Authorities in Knoxville say the unarmed officer told dispatchers he was going
to check on a car in a high school parking lot last night, thinking there might
be a drunk inside. Soon after, he told them he'd been shot. He was found with
a gunshot wound to the back and died on the way to the hospital.
The officer's car was found miles away, at which point officials say the
driver tried to ram another cruiser. He was eventually shocked with a Taser
and arrested, with the suspected murder weapon found in the car.
Authorities say they don't know much about the suspect, other than that he's a
homeless man from Virginia.