Shocking video shows man shooting cop dead and wounding another while being tased after refusing to get out of his car during traffic stop

Shocking CCTV footage shows the disturbing moment a Tennessee sheriff’s deputy was shot and killed by a man who refused to get out of his car during a traffic stop.

Blount County Sheriff’s Deputy Greg McCowan, 43, was shot and killed after tasing a man pulled over for erratic driving on Feb. 8.

McCowan — a father and grandfather — and Deputy Shelby Eggers stopped Kenneth Wayne DeHart Jr. around 8:30 p.m. who was driving an SUV in the 4900 block of Sevierville Road in Maryville.

The video shows McCowan using his Taser on DeHart, 42, after he refused to comply with deputies and DeHart screaming and writhing in pain.

While he was being tasered, DeHart slammed his door, pointed his gun out the window and shot both officers.

Dashcam footage shows DeHart firing another shot before driving away and saying, “I told you, motherfuckers.”

While he was being tasered, DeHart slammed his door, pointed his gun out the window and shot both officers

McCowan immediately fell and Eggers, 22, retreated to her patrol car

Deputy Greg McCowan and Deputy Shelby Eggers stopped Kenneth Wayne DeHart Jr. around 8:30 p.m. who was driving an SUV in the 4900 block of Sevierville Road in Maryville.

McCowan fell immediately after being shot at close range and Eggers, 22, retreated to her patrol car.

Eggers initially stopped DeHart and told him he was driving on the wrong side of the road.

She asked him to get out of the car because she suspected him of smoking marijuana.

DeHart denied smoking marijuana and said he was in his grandmother’s car driving home from his son’s high school sports game. He told the officer he tied his hair and didn’t notice his car swaying.

“I’m black and they’re just mean…I refuse,” DeHart told his grandmother, who he was on the phone with when Eggers asked him to get out of the car.

“They just pulled me over for no reason, they see my damn hair done up, I’m black with dreads and they’re pulling this mess out for no reason.”

The deputy explained that the search cannot be refused and that if she smells marijuana, she probably has probable cause to search the vehicle.

“This is racism,” DeHart said when McCowan told him to listen to Egger’s orders.

“I don’t care what skin color you are, dude, she gave you a legal order,” McCowan said.

The officers repeatedly told him to get out of the car, but DeHart refused, insisting he had done nothing wrong.

“I’m recording this…I wasn’t on the wrong side of the road,” DeHart said.

“I didn’t do anything, please don’t do this to me,” DeHart said after they tasered him for the first time.

As police continued to tase him and DeHart continued to close the door, he pulled a gun, pointed it through the window and shot at police.

Eggers was shot in the leg and footage shows her trying to apply a tourniquet to herself. McCowan was taken to hospital, where he died from his injuries.

McCowan is survived by his fiancée Leah Lane, two children and a granddaughter. McCowan began his career in law enforcement in 2020 after completing a training course and was praised in 2021 for helping save the life of a man trapped in a burning vehicle.

The video shows McCowan using his Taser on DeHart after he refused to comply with deputies and DeHart screams and writhes in pain.

DeHart was arrested after a five-day manhunt and appeared Thursday in Blount County General Sessions Court in Maryville, Tennessee.

DeHart was arrested Tuesday after a five-day manhunt and charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and possession of a weapon.

He made his first court appearance Thursday and was charged, but has not yet entered a plea.

DeHart’s brother, Marcus DeHart, was arrested for helping his brother after the shooting and is charged with being an accessory to a crime. WBIR.

At McCowan’s funeral, he was remembered for his service to others, even before he followed his dream of becoming a law enforcement officer.

“If you were in danger, he would be in danger for you, even before he became a police officer. That was just Greg,” said friend Greg Willis.

“He started doing what he loved. That was his dream to become a police officer. What more can you ask for than to go out and do what you love?’