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Floyd Ray Cook,
62, was accused of attempted first-degree murder after allegedly
wounding a police officer in rural Tennessee and shooting at a
Kentucky trooper later that day across the border, Kentucky
State Police said.
Cook, who had been on the run for days, was killed in an
exchange of gunfire with officers south of Burkesville,
Kentucky, state police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene
and no officers here hurt, WKRN-TV Nashville reported.
Cook was wanted in Kentucky on a methamphetamine charge and has
a string of convictions dating back decades, state police
officials said.
He accused of shooting an officer wearing a bullet-resistant
vest during a traffic stop in Algood, Tennessee.
He fled across the border after the Tennessee shooting, where a
trooper spotted his vehicle south of Burkesville, Gregory said.
Cook evaded a traffic stop, wrecked his vehicle, exchanged fire
with the Kentucky trooper and ran away, he said.
The shooting forced the Cumberland County schools to stay closed
for several days.
(Reporting by Victoria Cavaliere, editing by Larry King)
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