Police chief’s son who was wanted in shooting of 2 officers is found dead, Tennessee officials say

Published October 25, 2023 4:54 AM

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities say the estranged son of Nashville’s police chief, who was wanted in the shooting of two police officers, has been found dead. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says officers who responded to a location in Nashville on Tuesday night heard a muffled gunshot from an outbuilding, then found John C. Drake Jr. dead with a gunshot wound that was apparently self-inflicted. Drake, the son of Metro Nashville Police Department Chief John Drake, was accused of shooting two police officers in the nearby city of La Vergne on Saturday. Police had warned that Drake, who was wanted on two counts of attempted first-degree murder, was considered armed and dangerous.

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