Suspect in Hit-and-Run Death of Tennessee Officer in Custody

A Chattanooga Police Officer and others wait on a warrant as they stands on Port Drive in Hixson, a neighborhood of Chattanooga, Tenn., Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019. Erin O. Smith/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.—The suspect in the hit-and-run death of a Tennessee officer was taken into custody on the morning of Feb. 25, police said.

Janet Elaine Hinds, 54, turned herself in hours after the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation put her on its Top Ten Most Wanted list, the Chattanooga Police Department announced on Twitter.