DICKSON CO., Tenn. (WTVF) — A stolen trailer equipped with a GPS tracker led Dickson County deputies to an armed suspect who was later shot and killed following a pursuit early Friday.
Sheriff Tim Eads said deputies responded around 3 a.m. after the trailer was reported stolen. The owner was able to give law enforcement real-time tracking information.
Eads said when a deputy got close to the suspect, the suspect opened fire, hitting the deputy’s vehicle several times and disabling it.
Deputies later found the stolen trailer abandoned and spotted the suspect again, leading to a short pursuit on Highway 48 North.
The sheriff said the suspect eventually crashed near Little Barton’s Creek, got out of the vehicle with a gun and exchanged fire with deputies. The suspect was shot and killed.
Three deputies were involved in the shooting, which is being investigated by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. No deputies were injured.
Eads said there have recently been several trailer thefts in the area and warned people not to try to recover stolen property themselves.
"If the owner would have tried to track it down himself, he could have been killed as well," Eads said.
The shooting marks the 28th officer-involved shooting in Tennessee this year and the fourth this month.
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