IDENTITIES RELEASED OF OFFICER AND INMATE IN OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING
Sequatchie County Sheriff’s office has released the name of the Correctional Officer and the inmate who was shot at after allegedly escaping from a hospital in Pikeville on February 10.
The Correctional Officer involved was Karen Line and the inmate involved is 33-year-old Cody Ray Higdon. Higdon is currently back in the Sequatchie County Justice Center jail facility and faces additional charges after trying to escape while in custody.
Higdon’s charges include:
- Two Counts of Aggravated Assault on a First Responder
- Resisting Arrest
- Escape
- Public Intoxication
- Disorderly Conduct
- Two Counts of Assault on a First Responder
The shooting incident remains under investigation by the TBI.