Channel: PoliceActivity

Category: Education

Description: * (Disclaimer: This video content is intended for educational and informational purposes only) * Caryville, Tennessee — Newly released body-camera footage shows officers shooting an armed robbery suspect (Michael Hilton, 34) while trying to take him into custody on I-75 in Campbell County on October 21, 2022. Officers with the Caryville Police Department and deputies with the Campbell County Sheriff’s Office spotted a car traveling along the Appalachian Highway in Caryville that was the subject of a BOLO (Be On the Lookout) in connection to a robbery that occurred just after 7:00 p.m. in Jacksboro. Officers initiated a traffic stop, but the male driver refused to stop. A pursuit ensued and continued onto Interstate 75. At mile marker 137, the driver crashed into several vehicles stopped in a construction zone, including a cruiser driven by a trooper with the Tennessee Highway Patrol who was parked behind a disabled vehicle. During efforts to take the driver into custody, the situation escalated, resulting in the trooper, a Caryville officer, and a Campbell County deputy firing shots, striking him. He was pronounced dead at the scene. A female passenger in the car was also injured in the incident and was transported to a local hospital for treatment. No officers were injured during the incident. Donate to PoliceActivity: patreon.com/PoliceActivity Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/PoliceActivity Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/Police_Activity