(CNN) — Authorities in Tennessee are searching for the son of Nashville’s police chief as a suspect in the Saturday shooting of two suburban police officers. “I am shocked and deeply saddened to learn that my estranged son, with whom I have had very minimal contact over many years, is the suspect in this afternoon’s shooting of the two La Vergne police officers,” Chief Drake said Saturday, adding that his thoughts are with the wounded officers. “He has not been a part of my life for quite some time.”Police say the shooting happened during an altercation Saturday night in La Vergne, Tennessee, a suburb of Nashville. During that investigation, they made contact with a subject,” La Vergne Police Chief Christopher Moews said in a Saturday press conference. The officers, who have both been with the force for less than three years, were transported to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Moews said.

Source: CNN October 22, 2023 19:52 UTC