PUTNAM COUNTY, Tenn. (WZTV) — The two men who shot State Trooper Adam Cothron two years ago at a traffic stop have received the maximum sentence allowed under state law.
On July 19, 2024, Trooper Cothron conducted a routine traffic stop on I-40, and when he approached the vehicle, he was shot as he was beginning to introduce himself, where he was left lying on the side of the road.
Timothy Laquan Davis, Jr. and Braze Roland Rucker were found guilty of attempted first degree murder of a law enforcement officer, theft, and firearm charges in a trial earlier in March in connection to the shooting…