Son of Nashville police chief wanted in the shooting of 2 officers is found dead, officials say

The estranged son of Nashville’s police chief, who was wanted in the shooting of two officers, has been found dead after a four day manhunt, Tennessee officials said Tuesday.

The estranged son of Nashville’s police chief, who was wanted in the shooting of two officers, has been found dead after a four day manhunt, Tennessee officials said Tuesday. 

John Drake Jr, 38, was wanted in connection with the Saturday shooting that injured officers Ashely Boleyjack and Gregory Kern outside a Dollar General in La Vergne, about 20 miles southeast of Nashville.

Officials considered him armed and dangerous and a $2,500 reward was in place for tips on his whereabouts.

Authorities responded to a location in the 1400 block of 15th Avenue South in Nashville Tuesday night in the search for Drake, heard a "muffled gunshot from an outbuilding," and found him deceased from "what appears to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound," the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said in a statement.

TBI special agents will investigate Drake’s death and a full autopsy will be performed.