Two Referees Were Injured on this Play that Crossed State Lines.
As reported by Chattanooga Times Free Press:
Hamilton County deputies shot and killed a man after a chase that started in north Georgia on Sunday night.
Two deputies were also shot and injured in an exchange of gunfire, according to a news release from the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office.
The man killed was Tyler L. Roberts, 31, according to a news release from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.
An 18-month-old child in Roberts' car, identified as his son, was not seriously injured, the Sheriff's Office said.
Catoosa County deputies responded to reports of domestic violence involving an armed person at a home on Karen Drive in Ringgold, near Costco, around 8:30 p.m. Sunday, according to a statement from Catoosa County Sheriff Gary Sisk.
A woman outside the home was yelling as Roberts was in a car trying to leave, the statement said. The woman said her baby was in the car and Roberts was taking him, according to the statement.
Roberts hit a parked car and ran over a bicycle while trying to leave, deflating his passenger front tire, the Sheriff's Office said.
When deputies confronted him with weapons drawn, Roberts reportedly raised the baby up in front of him, according to the office. Deputies told him to stop, but Roberts drove through them, hitting one in the leg, the office said, though the deputy was not injured.
Hamilton County deputies took over the chase after Roberts crossed into Tennessee on Interstate 75, the TBI said. Deputies used spike strips to stop and box in Roberts' car near the Ooltewah exit around mile marker 12, the Sheriff's Office said.
Comments