A TROOPER FROM THE BOWLING GREEN POST OF THE STATE POLICE WAS SHOT AND KILLED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON DURING A TRAFFIC STOP IN WARREN
COUNTY….WHERE THE VEHICLE FLED THE SCENE…….
THE SUSPECT…..WHO WAS LATER FOUND IN LOUISVILLE……HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AT 51 YEAR OLD EMONNIE BRANCH OF PORTLAND-TENNESSEE….WHO HAS BEEN CHARGED
WITH “MURDER OF A FIRST RESPONDER” WHICH IS A CAPITAL OFFENSE…..
30 YEAR OLD TROOPER…..HAYDEN PHILLIPS…….HAD BEEN WITH THE STATE POLICE FOR THREE YEARS…..AND WAS THE FATHER OF THREE YOUNG BOYS……