Police: 2 wounded, officer hurt in shooting

RIPLEY, Tenn. — The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is looking into a shooting- incident in Ripley, where two people were wounded by police and an officer was injured.

Lauderdale County District Attorney General Mike Dunavant asked the TBI to investigate after the shootings took place, about 55 miles northeast of Memphis, following a traffic stop Tuesday afternoon.

Police were in search of Sequna Copeland, a Ripley man on the TBI’s Top 10 Most Wanted List, when they stopped the vehicle around 5 p. m., authorities said.

He is wanted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, the United States Marshal Service and the TBI.

Copeland was traveling with an unnamed female driver when an officer stopped the vehicle. The woman drove away from the officer, who ran after her on foot, the TBI said. After a patrol car pulled in front of the vehicle, police said the woman reversed the car toward the officer who was chasing on foot. The officer from behind fired several shots into the vehicle before he was struck by the car, the TBI said.

The woman, authorities said, then drove forward toward the two other responding officers. The officers fired into the vehicle, wounding both Copeland and the woman, the TBI said.

The officer and both suspects were transported to a hospital. Their conditions are unknown.