Nashville police chief’s son is suspect in shooting of two officers outside store

John C Drake, 38, is estranged son of metro police chief; officers treated in hospital after incident in city of La Vergne

Authorities in Tennessee were searching on Sunday for the estranged son of Nashville's police chief as the suspect in the shooting of two police officers outside a Dollar General store.

Officers in La Vergne, a city about 20 miles (32km) south-east of Nashville, were investigating a stolen vehicle outside the store on Saturday afternoon when they struggled with the suspect, who pulled a handgun and shot them, said the local police chief, Christopher Moews.