Teen shooter leads officers across state line

[CMF Newsman]

A suspect, in custody following a police chase that crossed state lines Monday evening has been identified as a 14 year old male.

The chase began around 8:40 in Whitfield County, near Tunnel Hill, when police started to chase a robbery suspect. That chase went all the way up I-75 onto I-24.

While on I-75 shots were fired between police and the suspect, though it's not immediately clear how many shots were fired.

"Some rounds, some shots were exchanged. A pursuit ensued in which rounds, shots were being fired into Tennessee," said East Ridge Police spokesman Erik Hopkins.

www.wrcbtv.com/story/17466421/suspect-leads-officers-across-state-line-fires-at-deputies

[CMF Newsman]

East Ridge Police say the suspect that shot at police, led them on a chase over the state line and rammed a deputies patrol car was just 14 years old. Tuesday, Channel 3 is learning more about what led up to it.

It started in Tunnel Hill. The 14-year-old's family called Tunnel Hill Police, saying the boy took off from their South Carolina home in a family car, and called saying he had a gun and might rob a store.

A Tunnel Hill police officer was at the Mapco Mart on Highway 201 when he noticed the car the runaway teen's family described, as a maroon Chevy HHR with South Carolina plates.

"He backed off and called for backup to get another unit out there," Tunnel Hill Police Chief Roy Brunson says.

www.wrcbtv.com/story/17517213/14-yr-old-shoots-at-police-leads-chase