By Shannon McFarlin WENK/WTPR News Director
Indian Mound, Tenn.—The manhunt for murder and arson suspect Kirby Wallace continues this morning in Stewart County.
Law enforcement in the search area escorted every school bus to school this morning and will escort them home this afternoon. Parents are urged by school and law enforcement officials to keep their children inside their homes until the bus arrives. Stewart Co. Schools Transportation Director Eric Watkins said do not leave the kids alone at the bus stops.
Checkpoints continue to be in place and law enforcement will continue escorting residents in that area to their homes while the manhunt is ongoing.
Wallace is charged with committing violent home invasions which have resulted in the death of two people and injuries to two more since Sunday, September, Sept. 23. The latest killing occurred early Monday morning when Wallace shot and killed a man and stole his truck.
The search has been ongoing around the clock and a narrow three-mile perimeter was contained around the Indian Mound area in Stewart Co. where he was last seen over the weekend and where the last truck he stole was recovered.
A total $5,000 reward is being offered for his capture—half from the TBI, half from Governor Bill Haslam. Wallace is wanted for first degree murder, felony murder, aggravated arson, especially aggravated kidnapping, especially aggravated robbery, especially aggravated burglary, and theft of property.
The TBI has added him to its Top 10 Most Wanted list.
Wallace is armed and dangerous and anyone who spots him should not approach him but call 911 immediately.
Working along side the Stewart Co. deputies are the FBI, TBI, Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, Tennessee Highway Patrol, TWRA and Henry County Sheriffs Office.
WENK/WTPR posted a map of the search perimeter on our sites Monday.
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