Anderson County, TN (WOKI) A suspect is in custody following a multi-county police chase which ended in gunfire.
The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office says it started in Morgan County when deputies were chasing a suspect on New River Highway.
Anderson County deputies responding after receiving reports the suspect had shot at the Morgan County deputies. The chase reportedly ended on an old mining road near Bill Patterson Lane in Anderson County with the suspect in nearby woods.
The suspect, later identified as 51 year-old Floyd Allen Dalton Jr. of Knoxville, surrendered to police. Charges for Dalton Jr. are pending; he is being held in the Morgan County Sheriff’s Detention Facility.
