Bodycam Footage Shows Officers Shooting Robbery Suspect in Campbell County
(Disclaimer: This video content is intended for educational and informational purposes only) Caryville, Tennessee Newly released bodycamera footage shows officers shooting an armed robbery suspect (Michael Hilton, 34) while trying to take him into custody on I75 in Campbell County on October 21, 2022. Officers with the Caryville Police Department and deputies with the Campbell County Sheriffs Office spotted a car traveling along the Appalachian Highway in Caryville that was the subject of a BOLO (Be On the Lookout) in connection to a robbery that occurred just after 7:00 p. m. in Jacksboro. Officers initiated a traffic stop, but the male driver refused to stop. A pursuit ensued and continued onto Interstate 75. At mile marker 137, the driver crashed into several vehicles stopped in a construction zone, including a cruiser driven by a trooper with the Tennessee Highway Patrol who was parked behind a disabled vehicle. During efforts to take the driver into custody, the situation escalated, resulting i
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