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On February 8, 2024, Deputy Shelby Eggers initiates a traffic stop on Kenneth DeHart, suspecting impaired driving. DeHart accuses Eggers of racial profiling and refuses to exit his vehicle, escalating to a confrontation where DeHart shoots and kills Deputy Greg McCowan and injures Eggers. Eggers applies a tourniquet to her wound while bystanders render aid. DeHart evades capture for five days until apprehended on February 12, 2024. He faces charges of murder, attempted murder, and weapons possession. Three individuals are charged with aiding him. Kenneth Wayne DeHart Jr. faces a total of 21 charges, including:

1. Premeditated first-degree murder
2. Attempted first-degree murder
3. Attempted premeditated first-degree murder
4. Felon in possession of a firearm (two counts)
5. Felon in possession of a handgun
6. Employing a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony (three counts)
7. Possession of a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony (three counts)
8. Aggravated assault against a first responder (two counts)
9. Reckless endangerment
10. Tampering with evidence
11. Evading arrest with risk of death or serious bodily injury
12. Aggravated assault
13. Resisting arrest
14. Failure to maintain a lane

These charges are connected to the events on Sevierville Road in Blount County on February 8, 2024, where Deputy Greg McCowan was killed, and Deputy Shelby Eggers was wounded during a traffic stop.