A Tennessee grand jury has indicted a district attorney after he allegedly fired shots at a fugitive suspect on Nov. 21 and ended up striking a home with a woman and three children inside, according to state officials.
The DeKalb County grand jury indicted 31st Judicial District Attorney General Christopher Robert Stanford on Monday on one count of reckless endangerment, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) said in a press release.
“The investigation revealed that, during the pursuit of a wanted fugitive, Stanford fired a gun several times on Bell Street in Smithville, striking a home occupied by a woman and her three children,” the TBI press release reads.
The indictment obtained by Fox News Digital states that Stanford “unlawfully, intentionally and recklessly” fired his weapon, which struck and passed through a chair on a front porch of a home and through a front living room wall, putting the occupants at risk of death or serious bodily injury. The indictment further states that no one inside the home was injured in the shooting.
Stanford allegedly fired a gun on Bell Street in Smithfield, Tennessee. (Google Maps)
A Homeland Security officer was injured during Brookins’ arrest on Nov. 21.
Brookins and Root are charged with three counts of criminal homicide, and Rose is charged with aggravated assault and felony evading arrest for striking a law enforcement officer with her vehicle while attempting to flee.
Stanford turned himself in to the DeKalb County Jail earlier this week and was later released after posting $10,000 bond.
Fox News Digital has reached out to Stanford’s office for comment.
