New TN Deputy killed during warrant service.

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - New TN Deputy killed during warrant service.

Posted: 6/6/2008 7:18:34 AM EDT

Saw this over at LF, thought it needed sharing.

WTF? Between Tucson and this it seems like open season this week.

RIP Brother.

www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,363463,00.html

Police Launch 'All-Out Manhunt' for Gunman in Tennessee Officer Slaying

MONTEAGLE, Tenn. — Authorities were searching mountainous terrain Thursday in an "all-out manhunt" for a fugitive accused of fatally shooting a deputy and wounding another officer as they tried to take him into custody.

The officers were serving a warrant for probation violation when shots were fired about 3 a.m., investigators said. Grundy County Sheriff's Deputy Shane Tate died at the scene, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Director Mark Gwyn said.

Tate's gun is missing and Gwyn said authorities weren't sure if he was shot with his own weapon.

Monteagle Police Officer Brian Malhoit was grazed by a bullet but not seriously hurt. A reserve deputy also at the scene wasn't injured.

The suspect, 29-year-old tattoo artist Kermit Bryson, was considered armed and dangerous. Authorities were searching around Monteagle, a town of 1,200 people along Interstate 24 about 35 miles northwest of Chattanooga.

Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Kristin Helm described it as "an absolute all-out manhunt."

Armed officers from federal, state and local agencies were using tracking dogs and helicopters to comb the rugged area at the southern end of the Cumberland Plateau.

Bryson was described as 5 feet 7 inches tall and 130 pounds, with green eyes and several tattoos. His criminal record includes convictions for theft, burglary and a jail escape in 2001.

Authorities believe he escaped on foot, but Helm said authorities are now trying to determine whether he acquired a vehicle. Authorities offered a $1,000 reward for information leading to his arrest.

Grundy County Mayor Ladue Bouldin said Tate was married with five young children and had graduated from a law enforcement training academy just two weeks ago.

"With God's blessing, they will catch this criminal," Bouldin said.

Probation officials said the warrant was issued for Bryson because he failed drug screens and violated curfew while on probation for a 2007 felony marijuana possession charge. They had been looking for him for about six to eight months.

Helm said the three officers approached Bryson's mobile home carefully and made their way inside. Officers often serve warrants early in the morning, expecting that suspects will be asleep.

"The officer was actually shot inside the residence," she said.

Bryson's former mother-in-law, Marcia Crowe, said she was surprised to learn he was wanted in a slaying. Bryson was married to her daughter for about a year before they divorced several years ago, and the two have a 10-year-old daughter.

"I saw it on TV and I just couldn't believe it," Crowe, a 57-year-old from Dayton, said in a phone interview. "I expected him to steal, do dope and stuff like that, but I never thought he would kill someone."

ANother poster said the BG was in custody - shot to the head, but alive.

Posted: 6/6/2008 7:22:24 AM EDT

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My prayers go out to his family....

Posted: 6/6/2008 8:17:20 AM EDT

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perp is dead. shot himself after briefly talking to a negotiator is my understanding.

apparently (according to cnn's website) there was some history between the perp and the deputy- from the perp's time in jail.

so very sad. RIP, my prayers are with your family.

Posted: 6/6/2008 8:18:03 AM EDT

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P.O.S. bad guy died at 12:30 am Fri at hospital. R.I.H badguy

Prayers out to the fallen Officer.

Posted: 6/6/2008 1:41:11 PM EDT

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Prayers to the family...

This part was interesting, I thought.

"...Helm said the three officers approached Bryson's mobile home carefully and made their way inside. Officers often serve warrants early in the morning, expecting that suspects will be asleep.

"The officer was actually shot inside the residence," she said..."

Article said he was just out of the academy. I wonder if he was even out of FTO yet?

Posted: 6/6/2008 1:48:34 PM EDT

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Quoted:
Prayers to the family...

This part was interesting, I thought.

"...Helm said the three officers approached Bryson's mobile home carefully and made their way inside. Officers often serve warrants early in the morning, expecting that suspects will be asleep.

"The officer was actually shot inside the residence," she said..."

Article said he was just out of the academy. I wonder if he was even out of FTO yet?

Maybe there was a CCO with them? I know that the media ALWAYS gets the facts straight. CCOs can enter houses w/o consent or warrants of people on community supervision (parole).

Posted: 6/6/2008 2:32:17 PM EDT

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Quoted:

Quoted:
Prayers to the family...

This part was interesting, I thought.

"...Helm said the three officers approached Bryson's mobile home carefully and made their way inside. Officers often serve warrants early in the morning, expecting that suspects will be asleep.

"The officer was actually shot inside the residence," she said..."

Article said he was just out of the academy. I wonder if he was even out of FTO yet?

Maybe there was a CCO with them? I know that the media ALWAYS gets the facts straight. CCOs can enter houses w/o consent or warrants of people on community supervision (parole).

Could be. Sucks all the way around. Very sad.

Posted: 6/6/2008 3:09:40 PM EDT

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Posted: 6/6/2008 4:05:59 PM EDT

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RIP Deputy Tate

Posted: 6/7/2008 6:06:22 AM EDT

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How did that turd manage to get himself into an academy with a felony case of POM pending?

Posted: 6/7/2008 8:43:40 AM EDT

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How did that turd manage to get himself into an academy with a felony case of POM pending?

Huh? Please elaborate

Posted: 6/7/2008 9:17:16 AM EDT

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Quoted:

Quoted:
How did that turd manage to get himself into an academy with a felony case of POM pending?

Huh? Please elaborate

lol, nevermind critical reading is essential. I skimmed over the story really quick and somehow figured that the perp just graduated the academy.

Im retarded, sorry.

prayers to the fallen officers family and many wishes that a tree will fall on the perp while out there in the wild.