Crime & Public Safety

Nashville Police Chief’s Son Is Suspect in Shooting of 2 Officers, Manhunt Active

John Calvin Drake Jr. has had multiple run-ins with the law and served eight years in state prison.
Nashville Police Chief’s Son Is Suspect in Shooting of 2 Officers, Manhunt Active
John C. Drake Jr. in an image released by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. Courtesy of TBI
Chase Smith
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Tennessee law enforcement officers are on the hunt for a suspect who allegedly shot two police officers over the weekend in La Vergne, a city about 20 miles southeast of Nashville.

The suspect has been identified as John Calvin Drake Jr., 38, the estranged son of Nashville Metropolitan Police Chief John Drake.

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