BREAKING NEWS – Nashville, Tennessee – Tennessee authorities have issued a Blue Alert for a man wanted for allegedly shooting two police officers outside of a Dollar General.
John C. Drake, Jr., 38, is wanted on two counts of attempted first-degree murder and a Blue Alert, which notifies the public about a suspect sought for killing or seriously injuring an officer, has been issued, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.
The suspect has been identified as the son of Metropolitan Nashville Police Chief John Drake.
“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,” the elder Drake said in a statement. “My thoughts and prayers are with the two officers, who I understand are now in stable condition at Vanderbilt.”
Drake, Jr., responded to his father’s comment. “My father did exactly what I expected him to do,” he wrote on X. “That man has no paternal instincts. He analyzed what I have done, without even attempting to give it a positive spin. How sad.”