A Sequatchie County, Tenn., deputy and the man he was chasing are recovering from gunshot wounds after a struggle at the foot of Cagle Mountain in Dunlap.
Deputy Wallace Cunningham sustained two gunshot wounds and 21-year-old suspect Shaun Michael Powers was struck once in the hand as the two fought over a gun around 9:45 p.m. CDT Wednesday.
“It could’ve been worse,” Sequatchie County Sheriff Ronnie Hitchcock said Thursday morning.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is probing the incident. Powers, meanwhile, is charged with attempted first-degree homicide.
On Thursday, Hitchcock said Cunningham had received through-and-through wounds to his hip and shoulder. Powers was similarly struck through the hand. Both men were treated for their wounds.