TBI Top 10 fugitive is captured

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Top 10 fugitive wanted on charges including attempted second-degree murder in East Tennessee is now in custody.

David D. Evans Jr.

David DeWayne Evans Jr., 31, was captured Wednesday afternoon, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.

The TBI added Evans to its Top 10 Most Wanted list Monday.

Evans was wanted by the Claiborne County Sheriff’s Office on various charges including attempted second-degree murder.

He is suspected in two separate incidents in which he is accused of firing shots at officers after they tried to pull him over.

Information was developed Wednesday that Evans was at a home on McDaniel Lane in New Tazewell, according to a TBI release.

Evans was located and arrested after a brief standoff. The Claiborne County Sheriff’s Office, the New Tazewell Police Department, Tazewell Police Department, Tennessee Highway Patrol and the U.S. Marshals Service all were involved in his capture.

Evans is being held in the Claiborne County Jail.