The son of a Tennessee police chief is accused of shooting two officers at a Dollar General store, according to police.
John C. Drake, Jr., 38, is on the run after he was accused of wounding officers in La Vergne, a suburb of Nashville roughly 20 miles southeast of the city’s downtown, the La Vergne Police Department said in a news release.
Police say the officers were investigating a case of a stolen vehicle, which they located outside a Dollar General at about 2:20 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21. They confronted Drake, the situation turned physical and he pulled out a gun and shot both officers.
