MARYVILLE, Tenn. (WJW) – A statewide alert has been issued in Tennessee for an “armed and dangerous” man who is wanted in the shooting of two sheriff’s deputies during a traffic stop.
“We had an officer killed tonight,” Blount County Sheriff James Berrong said in an emotional press conference Thursday night.
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Deputy Greg McCowan was killed, the sheriff said. Deputy Shelby Eggers returned fire and was injured.
According to the sheriff, the deputies pulled over Kenneth DeHart’s vehicle around 8:30 p.m. Thursday in Maryville.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation reports DeHart refused to get out of the car. TBI said one of deputies deployed a Taser to “no effect.”
At some point, officials said DeHart pulled a gun and opened fire, but they’re still sorting out details as to what led to the shooting and the traffic stop.