Suspect in Shooting of Two BCSO Deputies Charged

Ronald Reed Millsaps, 59 (Courtesy: BCSO)

Suspect in Shooting of Two BCSO Deputies Charged

Rockford, TN (WOKI) The suspect at the center of Tuesday’s shooting of two Blount County Sheriff’s Office deputies and standoff with police now faces over a dozen charges in the incident.

BCSO says 59-year-old Ronald Millsaps is charged with seven counts of aggravated assault, two counts of attempted criminal homicide, one count of especially aggravated kidnapping and four counts of reckless endangerment after firing upon law enforcement who were called to his residence on Jacob Springs Boulevard in Rockford for a domestic dispute.

Deputies Corbin Smith and Edward Walker were each shot in the leg during the exchange but have since been released from the hospital.

According to BCSO, Millsaps is in custody at the Blount County Correctional Facility on a $2.2 million bond. He is due in court on Monday, June 17.