Man accused of shooting THP trooper returned to Tennessee after Kentucky arrest

Breaking: Second suspect in shooting of THP trooper arrested in Davidson County

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – One of the suspects accused in the shooting of a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper has been returned to Tennessee following his weekend arrest in Kentucky.

THP said Braze Rucker, the passenger of the Kia Forte used in the shooting of Trooper Adam Cothron was extradited back to Cookeville on Monday and taken to the Putnam County Jail.

Rucker has been booked into the jail on charges stemming from the shooting.

He was arrested Sunday morning in Princeton, Kentucky after being placed on the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s Most Wanted list.

Rucker and an unidentified occupant of a vehicle are accused of shooting Cothron on Interstate 40 near the Willow Avenue exit (Exit 285) just before 8 p.m. Friday. He and his accomplice fled after the shooting and dumped the white Kia Forte later Friday night near Highway 109 in Gallatin.

Cothron is stable after being flown to Vanderbilt University Medical Center on Friday night, a THP spokesperson said Saturday morning.

The THP did not say if the driver of the car who has not been publicly identified has been captured. The TBI said efforts to identify the second person are ongoing.

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