John Drake Jr. had been on the run for days when he showed up in a ski mask in a Nashville neighborhood and asked a woman for a ride in her car. His face was all over “wanted” notices, a suspect in the shooting and wounding of two police officers near Nashville, where his father is the police chief. When the woman said she didn't have enough gas, Drake Jr. pulled out a pistol and stole her car.
About two hours after the carjacking on Tuesday, the chief's estranged son was dead.
