{"id":2077361,"date":"2023-10-24T03:22:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T07:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nashville-police-chiefs-son-is-suspect-in-shooting-of-2-officers-manhunt-active\/"},"modified":"2023-10-24T03:27:11","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T07:27:11","slug":"nashville-police-chiefs-son-is-suspect-in-shooting-of-2-officers-manhunt-active","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nashville-police-chiefs-son-is-suspect-in-shooting-of-2-officers-manhunt-active\/","title":{"rendered":"Nashville Police Chief&#8217;s son suspected in shooting of 2 officers, manhunt ongoing."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnashville-police-chiefs-son-is-suspect-in-shooting-of-2-officers-manhunt-active%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2077361&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><blockquote>\n<div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<p>Tennessee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-secretary-of-state-investigating-voter-registration-group-run-by-democrat-raphael-warnock\/\" title=\"Georgia Secretary Of State Investigating Voter Registration Group Run By Democrat Raphael Warnock\">law enforcement officers<\/a>\u2063 are on\u200d the hunt for a suspect who allegedly shot two police officers over the weekend in \u200bLa Vergne, a city about \u206420 miles southeast of Nashville.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect has been identified as John Calvin Drake Jr., 38, the estranged son \u200dof \u2063Nashville \u200cMetropolitan Police Chief John Drake.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting occurred\u2063 on the evening of Oct. 21 when La Vergne police officers\u2063 Ashely\u200c Boleyjack\u200c and Gregory Kern were responding to a Dollar General store for reports of a \u200cstolen car after \u2064a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woman-and-boyfriend-go-missing-in-case-with-chilling-parallels-to-gabby-petitos-disappearance\/\" title=\"Couple Disappears with Similarities to Gabby Petito Case\">license plate reader picked<\/a> it up.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\"><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\" id=\"in_article_related_stories\">\n<h2 class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related Stories<\/h2>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-4 sm:line-clamp-3\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/texas-police-officer-shot-killed-following-hourslong-chase-along-southern-border-5513302?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"text-sm sm:text-base\">Texas Police Officer Shot, Killed Following Hourslong Chase\u200d Along\u2063 Southern\u200d Border<\/h3>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">10\/19\/2023<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[70px] sm:basis-[120px]\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/texas-police-officer-shot-killed-following-hourslong-chase-along-southern-border-5513302?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\">\n<picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" https:><\/source><source type=\"image\/*\" https:><\/source>\n<\/picture>\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-4 sm:line-clamp-3\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/tennessee-court-weighs-family-intervention-in-covenant-school-shooter-records-case-5510977?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"text-sm sm:text-base\">Tennessee\u2063 Court\u2063 Weighs Family Intervention in Covenant School Shooter Records Case<\/h3>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">10\/17\/2023<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[70px] sm:basis-[120px]\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/tennessee-court-weighs-family-intervention-in-covenant-school-shooter-records-case-5510977?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\">\n<picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" https:><\/source><source type=\"image\/*\" https:><\/source>\n<\/picture>\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$-->\n<\/div>\n<p>When they arrived, \u200cMr. Drake Jr. \u2064was uncooperative and \u2062allegedly opened fire and injured both \u200bofficers. They were rushed\u2062 to a \u2062nearby hospital and have \u200csince been reported to be in stable \u2062condition.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Drake Jr. is\u2063 now on the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation\u2019s (TBI) \u200c&#8221;Most\u2064 Wanted\u201d list for two\u2064 charges of \u200cattempted first degree murder.<\/p>\n<p>The TBI said in a statement it is \u2063offering a reward of up to $2,500 for any information leading to the \u200barrest of the suspect.<\/p>\n<p>He has \u2064a history that includes multiple run-ins \u200bwith the law. He has been involved in various criminal cases over the years and served eight years in \u200dstate prison for a forcible rape in 2007, according to a criminal background provided\u2062 to The Epoch Times by the TBI.<\/p>\n<p>Other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nashville-police-chiefs-son-is-suspect-in-shooting-of-2-officers-manhunt-active\/\" title=\"Nashville Police Chief's son suspected in shooting of 2 officers, manhunt ongoing.\">past charges \u2063include\u2064 aggravated assault<\/a> with bodily\u2062 injury, domestic assault, criminal\u2062 impersonation, burglary, \u200dviolation\u200c of probation, and resisting arrest.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>The La Vergne Police Department and other agencies across the state are urging the\u2064 public to be\u200d on the lookout for Mr. Drake Jr. and consider him to be \u201carmed and extremely dangerous.\u201d  <\/p>\n<h2>Police Chief Reacts<\/h2>\n<p>The \u2062elder Drake reacted to the news\u2062 of the shooting of\u2064 two officers, allegedly\u200b at the hands of his\u200b estranged son, in a statement over the weekend.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI am shocked and deeply saddened to learn that\u2064 my \u200destranged son, with whom I have \u200dhad very \u2063minimal \u2063contact over many years, is the \u200bsuspect in this afternoon\u2019s shooting of the two La Vergne police officers,\u201d he \u200bsaid. \u201cMy thoughts and prayers are with the\u2062 two officers, who I understand are now \u2064in \u2064stable condition at Vanderbilt.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-figure\" style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:640px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Metro Nashville \u200dPolice Chief John Drake speaks during\u200d a\u200c press briefing in Nashville,\u200b Tenn., on July 28, 2021. (Courtesy of \u2062Metropolitan\u2063 Nashville Police Department)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The police chief continued, \u201cDespite my efforts and guidance in the early and teenage\u200d years, my son, John Drake Jr., now 38-years-old, resorted to years of criminal\u2063 activity and is a convicted \u200dfelon. He has not been a part of my life\u200c for quite some time. He\u2064 now needs \u200cto be found and held accountable for his actions today. I hope that anyone who sees him or has information about him will contact\u2063 law enforcement \u200bimmediately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nashville Mayor Freddie O\u2019Connell also issued\u200d a statement in \u200csupport of the police chief.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>\u201cMy heart goes out to \u200dChief \u2062Drake, his family, and the two wounded LaVergne police officers. I\u2064 know that\u200d despite our best efforts\u2014including \u2063in their early years\u2014we can\u2019t be responsible for the choices of family members,\u201d Mr.\u200c O\u2019Connell said. \u201cI \u2063support\u200b Chief Drake and stand by him at this\u200d difficult time.\u201d  <\/p>\n<h2>Blue Alert Issued<\/h2>\n<p>\u2063<br \/>\nThe TBI\u2062 issued a statewide \u2064Blue Alert, which \u2064is a message similar to Amber Alerts, used &#8220;for the \u2062rapid dissemination of information to the public to assist in apprehending\u200b violent criminals&#8221; who\u200b kill \u200cor seriously\u2064 injure \u2064law enforcement officers in the\u2064 line of duty, or &#8220;to aid in \u2063locating a missing \u200cofficer where foul play \u2064is involved.&#8221;\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The state has \u2064used the \u200dBlue Alert system since \u20622011, but it is rarely activated. Alerts are sent out to residents via existing Amber Alert mobile phone infrastructure \u2064and posted\u2063 on Tennessee \u2062Department of Transportation road signs, Tennessee\u2063 lottery displays, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-compares-biden-admins-social-media-censorship-to-mafia-style-tactics-as-biden-lawyers-claim-no-proof-of-coercion\/\" title=\"Judge likens Biden administration's social media censorship to mafia tactics; Biden lawyers deny coercion evidence.\">social \u200bmedia platforms<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The TBI urges anyone \u200bwith information regarding Mr. Drake Jr.&#8217;s whereabouts to call 1-800-TBI-FIND.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How can incidents like the shooting\u2064 of the two La\u2062 Vergne police officers highlight the risks that officers face and contribute to the\u2064 ongoing debate\u200c about police safety \u2062and \u2064support?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  00px;&#8221;><\/p>\n<picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" https:\/\/static.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2021\/10\/24\/johncalvindrakejr.jpg\"><\/source><source type=\"image\/jpeg\" https:\/\/static.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2021\/10\/24\/johncalvindrakejr.jpg\"><\/source><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2021\/10\/24\/johncalvindrakejr.jpg\" alt=\"John Calvin Drake Jr.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" \/><\/p>\n<\/picture><figcaption>John Calvin Drake Jr. (Courtesy of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation) <\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p>Chief Drake \u2063also urged his\u2062 son to turn himself in to\u2062 authorities.\u2061 \u201cJohn, if you \u2063are watching this or if anyone who \u2063knows \u200byour whereabouts is watching this, \u2062please turn yourself in,\u201d he \u2061said. \u201cYou\u2019re not\u200c in trouble, we love you, we want you to be safe and for\u2064 everyone else to \u2063be safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The shooting \u200bof the two La Vergne police\u200b officers comes amid an ongoing debate about police safety and the need \u200dfor increased support and protection for law enforcement officers. Incidents like this highlight the\u2062 risks that \u2063officers\u2063 face every day\u200d while carrying \u2063out their duties to protect and serve their communities. <\/p>\n<p>As the search for John Calvin Drake Jr. continues, it is crucial for law enforcement agencies and the public to work together to locate and apprehend the suspect. Any information regarding his whereabouts should be reported to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation or local law enforcement immediately.<\/p>\n<p>This incident\u200b also serves as a reminder of the importance of mental health and support systems for \u200dindividuals who may be at risk of engaging in violent behavior. Efforts to identify and provide \u200dassistance to those in need can\u200d potentially prevent tragic events like this from occurring in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Our thoughts \u2062and\u2064 prayers \u200bgo\u2064 out to\u200c the two injured officers and their families as they recover from \u200cthis\u2064 traumatic event. We commend the bravery\u200b and dedication of law enforcement officers across the state who put their lives on the line to uphold the law\u200b and protect their communities.<\/p>\n<p>May justice be served, and may this incident serve as a \u200creminder of the need for continued \u2064efforts\u200c to promote safety, \u200csupport, and unity among law enforcement and the communities they serve.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tennessee police seek John Calvin Drake Jr., accused of shooting two officers in La Vergne. The suspect, aged 38, is the estranged son of Nashville&#8217;s Police Chief. 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