City Of Franklin: Officers Recovering After Being Dragged, Run Over By Fleeing Suspect

Franklin TN

26 April, 2022

2:09 PM

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Press release from the City of Franklin: April 25, 2022 Two Franklin Police Officers were injured yesterday after a fleeing suspect drug them from his car, running one of the officers over. At 10:20, Sunday morning, an officer stopped 26-year-old Roy Nicholson, of Columbia, on I-65 N, between Murfreesboro Rd. and McEwen Drive. The Officer, who was initially investigating a traffic violation, asked Nicholson to step out of his car after seeing a gun in the vehicle and smelling marijuana. Once outside of the car, Nicholson began actively resisting the officer. In this dramatic dash-cam video, you see Nicholson break away from the officer, get back into his car where a firearm was present, and then drag Officer Dustyn Stevens and an assisting Officer, Matt Lamarr, down the Interstate, before running over Officer Stevens during his getaway. Roy Nicholson Age: 26 Columbia, TN This press release was produced by the City of Franklin. The views expressed here are the author's own.