Tennessee Manhunt Ends in Shock as Special Forces Veteran Craig Berry Found Dead After Wife Shooting

A veteran Special Forces officer, Craig Mark Berry, who has been accused of fatally shooting his wife, was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to the Stewart County Sheriff’s Office.

A massive search was conducted in Tennessee after the officer was reportedly missing following the shooting of his wife. The search ended after authorities found Berry’s body. U.S. Marshal Christian A. Marrero, on May 6 said, “We confirm Craig Mark Berry is deceased and no longer a threat to the public.”

A massive search was conducted by the department’s tactical unit and agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) during which Berry was found, according to the Sheriff’s Office. The search started in the early hours of May 1, when officers responded to a 911 call made by Berry’s wife regarding a shooting at their residence.

She said that she was being shot at because of a domestic dispute. The call was made at a home in Dover, Tennessee, around 1:30 a.m. on May 1.

Craig Berry was wanted on suspicion of murder after he attacked his wife at their Tennessee home and shot her as she tried to drive away on the night of April 30. The Stewart County Sheriff’s Office also said that the accused’s wife suffered a neck wound and was later released from the hospital. Berry’s body was discovered several miles from his residence, near the area where trail cameras captured him entering the woods, according to a report by CNN.

According to Sheriff Frankie Gray said based on the decomposition of Berry’s body, he must have died shortly after he fled on May 1. Heat-detection planes also did not detect anything in the immediate area the next day. Gray also said that if Berry had been alive, his body temperature would have dropped, and the detectors would have identified it.

According to the arrest warrant, Berry’s wife said her husband beat her and tried to strangle her at about 11:30 p.m. on April 30. She managed to get into her car, but Berry shot her as she drove away, she told investigators. She was released from the hospital.