CNN —Authorities in Tennessee are searching for the son of Nashville’s police chief as a suspect in the Saturday shooting of two suburban police officers.
“Despite my efforts and guidance in the early and teenage years, my son, John Drake Jr., now 38-years-old, resorted to years of criminal activity and is a convicted felon,” the chief said.
“He has not been a part of my life for quite some time.”Police say the shooting happened during an altercation Saturday night in La Vergne, a suburb of Nashville.
During that investigation, they made contact with a subject,” La Vergne Police Chief Christopher Moews said at a Saturday press conference.
One officer was released Saturday evening and the other remains in the hospital in stable condition, the city of La Vergne said in a statement.
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