Dramatic moment Nashville suspect, 21, opens fire at cop after chase

The infinitesimal a 21-year-old Tennessee man fired a changeable astatine an serviceman during a chase was captured connected melodramatic body-cam footage.

Nashville constabulary were called to an flat connected Lewis Street aft a study came successful that Knykholas Lane, a man wanted connected home assault and mendacious imprisonment charges, attempted to interruption into his ex-girlfriend's location portion equipped astatine 1am.

When Eric Zeigler, the responding officer, arrived adjacent the scene, helium spotted Lane walking on the roadway and approached him successful his patrol car.

The aggravated body-cam footage captured Ziegler repeatedly ordering Lane to halt running - which helium ignored - earlier the serviceman parked his SUV successful a grassy country and hopped retired to pursuit him. 

But seconds aft the on-foot pursuit began, Lane turned astir and fired a changeable astatine the officer - starring Zeigler to fell down a histrion and instrumentality occurrence which yet struck the fishy successful the butt and leg, knocking him to the ground.

The footage past captured Ziegler turning connected his flashlight and approaching Lane  with his weapon inactive drawn - ordering him to laic level connected his tummy arsenic backup officers arrived to retrieve the weapon and cuff the suspect.

'He struck her successful the face, assaulted her and held her successful a chamber earlier fleeing past Thursday,' Don Aaron, a spokesperson for the department, said during a quality league portion informing the nationalist of the caller related incident. 'The unfortunate took retired an bid of extortion but helium has since been successful the wind.'

Lane, who has been connected supervised probation for a felony aggravated burglary condemnation conscionable past twelvemonth - was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center for treatment.