Tennessee authorities make drug arrest after chase, shootout

Published 8:23 am Tuesday, January 14, 2020

CHATTANOOGA (AP) — Tennessee authorities said they arrested a woman Friday on drug charges after the driver of the car she was in was in a chase and shootout the previous day that injured him and a state trooper.

The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office said 20-year-old Courtney Faulkner was arrested on methamphetamine, marijuana and heroin charges.

Tennessee Highway Patrol officers tried to stop a vehicle on a Chattanooga highway Thursday, but the driver, Cody Seals, fled and police pursued, the sheriff’s office has said.

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A deputy said Seals began shooting and two troopers returned fire. One trooper, Khalat Ghazi, and Seals were wounded by gunfire, authorities said.

Ghazi was hospitalized and released. Seals remains hospitalized. He was last reported as in stable condition.