Car Crashes Fleeing from Shooting Scene; Suspect Arrested

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Law enforcement is investigating a Sunday morning incident involving a car fleeing a shooting scene that crashed into a house on South Seminole Drive.

According to East Ridge police the incident originated in Chattanooga. Assistant Chief Stan Allen said that a man fleeing the scene of a shooting crashed his car into a carport of a residence in the 1200 block of South Seminole just after 10 a.m. The car spun from the house into a neighbor’s yard. The driver of the car was injured during the crash and was taken to an area hospital. Officials said the man’s injuries were not life threatening.

Our friends at NewsChannel9 are reporting that the shooting was reported in the 1700 block of South Seminole Drive, and that the driver of the crashed car is a suspect in the shooting incident reported in Chattanooga a short time before the car crash.

Later on Sunday, Scott Benn, the 25-year-old driver of the vehicle, was charged with Attempted Murder, Aggravated Assault, Reckless Endangerment and Theft of Property. Chattanooga police believe he is responsible for shooting 56-year-old Dale Edmonds moments before the crash.

About Dick Cook

Dick Cook has lived in East Ridge since the Kennedy Administration when his parents bought a house on Marietta Street. Dick graduated from ERHS in 1976 before going on to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he studied Political Science. Dick worked for the Chattanooga Free-Press and the Chattanooga Times Free Press for 22 years. Free-Press Sports Editor Roy Exum plucked him out of production in 1989 and gave him a job as a sports reporter. Dick covered everything from prep sports to the whitewater events on the Ocoee River for the 1996 Olympics. When Chattanooga's two paper's merged, he became the Crime Reporter covering both the Chattanooga Police and Fire Departments. He was among reporters who were honored by the Associated Press for the TFP's coverage of the 2002 fog-shrouded crash on I-75 in Catoosa County, Dick and his wife, Cathy, live on Marlboro Avenue where they are seen frequently chasing around their three grandsons.