A Tennessee man was charged with holding a woman against her will and opening fire on police during a car chase last month, authorities said Friday.
The incident occurred Dec. 9 in Cocke County when Newport police received a report of a man, later identified as 35-year-old Gary Ball, brandishing a handgun in the East Broadway area, the Bureau of Investigation said. of Tennessee (TBI). .
The officers tried to stop traffic, but Ball refused to stop the vehicle, according to authorities.
During the subsequent car chase, investigators said Ball pointed a gun at a female passenger and fired multiple shots toward Newport police officers and Cocke County Sheriff’s Office deputies. Ball also allegedly fired in the direction of a pedestrian.
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Gary Ball, 35, of Newport, Tennessee, was charged with a series of counts related to an officer-involved kidnapping and shooting in December.
(Tennessee Bureau of Investigation)
Newport police returned fire, but no one was injured.
When the chase ended, Ball got out of the vehicle with the passenger and threatened her with a gun, investigators said. He allegedly held the woman against her will before fleeing the area.
No one was injured after shooting between Ball and police.
(FoxNews)
Authorities eventually located Ball and took him into custody.
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Earlier this month, a grand jury indicted Ball on two counts of specially aggravated kidnapping, one count of aggravated kidnapping, nine counts of aggravated assault and one count of evading arrest.
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Ball received the charges while being held in the Blount County Jail for a probation violation, authorities said.
