CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The TBI said the woman they believe killed a Chattanooga police officer in a hit and run late Saturday night has turned herself in.
TBI made the announcement on Twitter around 9:45 a.m. Monday.
This came shortly after, Janet Elaine Hinds, 54, was been added to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation's Top Ten Most Wanted List earlier that morning.
Hinds is described as a white woman, weighing about 150 lbs, 5'7", with brown hair and brown eyes.
Authorities said Hinds was wanted by the Chattanooga Police Department on a charge of vehicular homicide in connection to the death of Officer Nicholas Galinger.
At a news briefing Sunday morning, Chattanooga Police Chief David Roddy said the officer, 38-year-old Nicholas Galinger, was inspecting a manhole cover that had water coming from it at about 11 p.m. Saturday night when a 2017 or 2018 model Honda CRV struck him and kept going.
The Chattanooga police officer was taken to a nearby hospital where he later died from his injuries.