Event Brief
Two men get life without parole in trooper shooting
Filed: May 18, 2026 at 10:00 AM ET
Summary: Timothy Laquan Davis Jr. and Braze Roland Rucker were sentenced to life without parole in Putnam County for shooting a Tennessee trooper.
WHO: Timothy Laquan Davis Jr. and Braze Roland Rucker
WHAT: Sentenced to life without the possibility of parole for attempted first-degree murder of a law enforcement officer
WHEN: May 18, 2026 at 9:59 AM ET
WHERE: Putnam County, Tennessee
WHY: They were convicted by a March jury for the attempted first-degree murder of a law enforcement officer after the trooper was shot.
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