The suspect was taken into custody at a Kingsport, Tennessee, motel
A Virginia police officer died Saturday night after being shot hours earlier, while performing an early-morning welfare check, according to reports. It was his 29th birthday.
A 33-year-old suspect was arrested following an “extensive” manhunt, WDBJ-TV of Roanoke reported. The suspect, a Virginia man, was later taken into custody about 40 miles away at a Kingsport, Tennessee, motel, according to WTVR-TV in Richmond.
Big Stone Gap police Officer Michael Chandler encountered at least one person in an abandoned home and was shot after being asked to conduct a welfare check around 4 a.m. ET Saturday. Big Stone Gap is in southwest Virginia.