While the search continues into a fourth day for a 42-year-old man suspected of shooting two Blount County sheriff’s deputies , killing one, his brother was arrested and the reward for information on the suspect has been increased to $100,000.
Police are still searching for Kenneth Wayne DeHart Jr. He is on the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s Most Wanted List.
Over 150 local, state and federal police are involved in the search, Blount County Chief Deputy Jeff French said in a video.
“We’re going to work tirelessly until we bring Mr. DeHart into custody and we’re not going to stop,” French said.
His brother, Marcus Erving DeHart, 41, was arrested this weekend and charged with accessory-after-the fact. He is accused by police of helping his brother flee.
Kenneth DeHart is wanted on charges of first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and being a felon in possession of a weapon.
Just before 8:30 p.m. Feb. 8, Deputy Greg McCowan and Deputy Shelby Eggers tried to stop his SUV in on Sevierville Road in Maryville, a release from TBI said.