Video shows motorist, Kenneth Wayne DeHart Jr, shooting cop dead and wounding another while being tased, after refusing to get out of his car during traffic stop
Shocking video shows man shooting cop dead and wounding another while being tased after refusing to get out of his car during traffic stop
Blount County Sheriff Deputy Greg McCowan, 43, was shot dead after tasing a man who was pulled over for erratic driving
McCowan and Dep Shelby Eggers pulled over Kenneth Wayne DeHart Jr. in Sevierville Road in Maryville, TN, around 8:30 pm on Feb 8
Video shows McCowan using his taser on DeHart, 42, after he refused to comply with the deputies and DeHart is heard screaming and writhing in pain

Sheriff’s Dep Greg McCowan and his partner pulled over Kenneth Wayne DeHart Jr. who was driving an SUV in the 4900 block of Sevierville Road in Maryville, TN, around 8:30 pm on Thursday Feb 8
Shocking body camera footage shows the disturbing moment a Tennessee Sheriff’s Deputy was shot and killed by a man who refused to get out of his car during a traffic stop.
Blount County Sheriff Deputy Greg McCowan was shot dead after tasing a man who was pulled over for erratic driving on February 8.
Dep McCowan, a 43-year-old father and grandfather and Deputy Shelby Eggers pulled over Kenneth Wayne DeHart Jr. who was driving an SUV in the 4900 block of Sevierville Road in Maryville, TN, around 8:30 p.m.
The video shows McCowan using his taser on DeHart, 42, after he refused to comply with the deputies and DeHart is heard screaming and writhing in pain.

Blount County Sheriff Deputy Greg McCowan, [photo], was shot dead after tasing Kenneth Wayne DeHart Jr., who was pulled over for erratic driving on Feb 8. Deputies repeatedly ordered DeHart out of his vehicle. The motorist refused, insisting he had done nothing wrong

The video also shows the point McCowan using his taser on DeHart, after his refusal to comply. DeHart is heard screaming and writhing in pain
Motorist Kenneth Wayne DeHart Jr fatally shoots deputy dead is tased, then shoots dead Tennessee Sheriff’s Deputy Greg McCowan
While being tased, DeHart slammed his door shut, pointed his gun out the window and shot both officers.
Dashcam footage shows DeHart firing an additional shot before driving away and he is heard saying, ‘I told you motherf******s.’
McCowan immediately fell after being shot at close range and Eggers, 22, retreated to her patrol car.

Alleged cop killer, Kenneth Wayne DeHart Jr. [photo], was arrested after a five-day manhunt. He appeared in Blount County General Sessions Court in Maryville, Tennessee on Thursday
Eggers initially pulled DeHart over and told him he was driving on the wrong side of the road.
She asked him to step out of the vehicle because she suspected him of smoking marijuana.
DeHart denied smoking marijuana and said he was in his grandmother’s car driving home from his son’s high school sports game. He told the deputy he was tying up his hair and did not notice his car swerving.
McCowan immediately fell after being shot at close range and Eggers, 22, retreated to her patrol car.
Eggers initially pulled DeHart over and told him he was driving on the wrong side of the road.
She asked him to step out of the vehicle because she suspected him of smoking marijuana.

Dep Shelby Eggers [photo], was the officer who stopped the motorist when he pulled over Kenneth Wayne DeHart Jr. in Maryville in Maryville on February 8. . She asked him to step out of the vehicle because she suspected him of smoking marijuana. After DeHart shot veteran deputy Greg McCowan who arrived to help at close range, she retreated to her car
DeHart denied smoking marijuana and said he was in his grandmother’s car driving home from his son’s high school sports game. He told the deputy he was tying up his hair and did not notice his car swerving.
‘I’m black and they just being nasty… I’m refusing,’ DeHart said to his grandmother, who he was on the phone with when Eggers asked him to get out of the car.
‘They just pulled me over for no reason, they see my f*****g hair pulled up, I’m black with dreads and they pulling this mess for no reason.’
The deputy explained there is no refusing the search and if she smells marijuana she has probable cause to search the vehicle.
‘This is racism,’ DeHart said when McCowan told him to listen to Eggers orders.
‘I don’t care what color you are dude, she gave you a lawful command,’ McCowan said.

While being tased, DeHart slammed his door shut, pointed his gun out the window and shot both officers
The deputies repeatedly told him to get out of the car and DeHart refused, insisting he did nothing wrong.
‘I’m recording this… I was not on the wrong side of the road,’ DeHart said.
‘I didn’t do nothing, please don’t do this to me,’ DeHart said after they tasered him for the first time.
It was then as police continued to tase him, and DeHart continued to shut the door, that he pulled a gun out and pointed it through the window and shot at the cops.
Eggers was shot in the leg and footage shows she attempted to put a tourniquet on herself. McCowan was taken to the hospital, where he died from his injuries.
McCowan began his career in law enforcement in 2020 after graduating from a training class and was commended in 2021 for helping save the life of a man trapped in a burning vehicle. He’s survived by his fiancé Leah Lane, his two children and one granddaughter.

The video shows McCowan using his taser on DeHart, after he refused to comply with the deputies and DeHart is heard screaming and writhing in pain. McCowan immediately fell and Dep. Eggers, hit in the leg, retreats to her cruiser
DeHart was arrested on Tuesday after a five-day manhunt and charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and being a felon in possession of a weapon.
He made his first court appearance on Thursday and was arraigned but has not yet entered a plea.
DeHart’s brother, Marcus DeHart, was arrested for aiding his brother after the shooting and is charged with being an accessory after the fact to a crime, reported WBIR.
At McCowan’s funeral, he was remembered for his service to others even before following his dream to become a law enforcement officer.


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