County Sheriff’s Officers Apprehend Wanted Man after Vehicle and Foot Pursuit

 On May 31, at approximately 10:00 pm, Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office Deputies were dispatched to 1500 Interstate 75 Southbound regarding an accident with unknown injuries. Before the deputy’s arrival on the scene, a female called dispatch and claimed her ex-boyfriend had struck her vehicle. When deputies arrived, they observed a Toyota Sequoia wrecked, and the driver had fled the scene. 

The victim stated she left Bradley County and was traveling southbound on I-75 when she noticed a gold Toyota Sequoia in the right lane beside her. She stated she immediately recognized the vehicle, which belonged to her ex-boyfriend Matthew McMurray. The victim further stated that McMurray shot at and rammed her vehicle.

During the investigation, deputies determined that McMurray had shot at the victim’s vehicle in Bradley County and rammed the vehicle in Hamilton County.

The Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) was requested to work the accident and during the accident investigation, they found McMurry’s driver’s license in the vehicle along with an empty gun box.

HCSO Investigative Services Detectives began working with the Bradley County Sheriff’s Office to jointly investigate the incident. 

On Friday, detectives with the Hamilton County Sheriff‘s Office Criminal Warrant Unit were canvassing the area of East Ridge in search of McMurray who was wanted on multiple violent felony warrants.

As detectives were canvassing the 5900 block of Ringgold Road, a black Ford F-250 with dark tinted windows that matched the description of the pickup that McMurray had allegedly stolen the day before from a self-storage facility in East Ridge, was spotted traveling east toward I-75.

Criminal Warrant Unit detectives attempted to stop McMurray and he immediately began to flee. In his futile attempt to evade law enforcement, McMurray rammed his vehicle into a detective’s vehicle.