The younger brother and girlfriend of a man wanted for killing a Tennessee police deputy and wounding a second were arrested as the manhunt for the suspect entered its fourth day Monday.
Kenneth DeHart, 42, is accused of fatally shooting Blount County Sheriff’s Deputy Greg McCowan, 43, and wounding Deputy Shelby Eggers, 22, during a traffic stop in Maryville on Thursday evening.
DeHart’s brother, Marcus DeHart, 41, was arrested and charged with being an accessory after the fact to the suspect after the murder, Blount County District Attorney Ryan Desmond said Friday.
The brother was jailed, and Desmond said he faces a court appearance Monday.
A woman identified by the media as the shooting suspect’s girlfriend, Carrie Mathews, 32, was arrested Thursday night on her own “accessory after the fact” charge in adjacent Sevier County, where records show she was jailed Saturday.
Marcus Erving DeHart stands with his attorney on February 12, 2024 in Blount County General Sessions Court. AP Carrie Matthews, girlfriend of Kenneth DeHart, is seen on Feb. 12, 2024 in Blount County General Sessions Court. WATER 6
Following the two arrests, authorities encouraged the public to come forward with information about DeHart’s whereabouts, increasing the reward to $100,000.
“One knows where he is. Somebody was protecting him,” Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) Director David Rausch said on Sunday. “My question to them is why?”
Deputies initiated a traffic stop on the sport utility vehicle for suspected erratic driving when the driver, identified as DeHart, refused to leave the vehicle, the TBI said in a news release.
Kenneth DeHart is accused of fatally shooting Blount County Sheriff’s Deputy Greg McCowan, 43, and wounding Deputy Shelby Eggers, 22.
The deputy deployed a stun gun without effect.
At one point, the driver pulled out a gun and fired, hitting both deputies, according to the agency. At least one deputy returned fire while DeHart drove away from the scene.
McCowan, who began a full-time career with the sheriff’s office in 2020 after working as a reserve deputy, was pronounced dead at a hospital.
Deputy Greg McCowan was shot and killed by Kenneth DeHart during a traffic stop. Blount County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Shelby Eggers was injured after being shot by Kenneth DeHart during a traffic stop in Maryville on Thursday evening. Blount County Sheriff’s Office
Warrants have been issued for first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and felon in possession of a firearm in the hunt for DeHart.
“We’re going to turn over every stone,” Rausch said. “We’ll find him, no doubt.”
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