Man Sentenced for Shooting at THP Troopers in Knox County After Chase

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (Story courtesy of WVLT) – A man convicted of attempted first-degree murder after shooting at a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper in January has been sentenced.

On January 12th, troopers saw Eugenio Abraham Solis Klarks, 31, driving 97 mph on I-75 North in Loudon County, according to the Knox County District Attorney General’s Office.

Solis Klarks was pulled over at a gas station off of Exit 81, and after giving troopers his Guatemalan Consular ID card, he drove away, leading police on a chase exceeding 100 mph into Knox County and off the Watt Road exit…

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