Police officer killed, his gun, car stolen in rampage

Around 11:20 p.m. last night, the Knox County dispatch center received a call from a woman who said that her ex-boyfriend, Herschel Ray Jones, was looking to kill an officer. After a failed attempt to contact the officer on duty, officers found the body of Officer Thomas Cottrell behind the municipal building. His gun had been taken and his cruiser was missing.

Jones was taken into custody after a foot chase near East Washington Street around 1:36 a.m.

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