The TBI is investigating an incident in McMinn County, Tennessee, in which deputies and a suspect exchanged gunfire, leading to a two-hour standoff Monday night.
The incident began around 8:30 p.m. Monday on County Road 67, according to Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokesman Josh DeVine.
McMinn County Sheriff Joe Guy said there had been a report that a man, identified as 37-year-old Nicholas Boyd Nunley, shot at a relative while stealing a car in Riceville on state Highway 39 West.
“A few minutes later deputies made contact with the suspect, Nick Nunley, parked on County Road 73,” Guy said in a Facebook post. “As deputies drove up, Nunley pointed a handgun at them and sped away.”
After a short vehicle pursuit, Nunley drove off into a field and fled from his vehicle, and as officers continued on foot Nunley fired several shots at the deputies, Guy said. Two of the deputies returned fire, he said.