An indiscriminate shooting attack in Bristol, Tennessee, that killed one woman and injured three others appears to have been perpetrated by another individual claiming to be retaliating for recent high-profile incidents of apparent police brutality. The suspect in the attack, 37-year-old Lakeem Keon Scott, was wounded in an exchange of fire with police and is hospitalized. From the AP:
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation alleges Scott—armed with an assault rifle, a pistol and a large amount of ammunition—fired shots through the window of the Days Inn on Volunteer Parkway. … The gunman then turned his fire to cars passing on the highway, investigators say.
The attack took place at approximately 2:20 a.m. A 44-year-old mother of two driving to pick up newspapers for a delivery job died when she was struck with a bullet and crashed her car.
To state the obvious, it’s not clear how firing at a hotel clerk and random cars constitutes retaliation against police officers in Louisiana and Minnesota. One Bristol officer was slightly injured while apprehending Scott but has been treated and released.
