Joe Frye, Tennessee Department of Correction Special Agent, who was hit multiple times by gunfire while serving arrest warrants on Morningside Drive, Nov. 2, 2020, received a U.S. Marshals Purple Heart during a ceremony at the U.S. Courthouse in Jackson, Monday.
“While a Purple Heart Award symbolizes an injury or an ultimate sacrifice, today we honor the heroic efforts displayed on Nov. 2, 2020, by not only Special Agent Joe Frye, but the entire U.S. Marshals Service Task Force,” said U.S. Marshal Tyreece Miller, “This is not a story of tragedy, but of triumph. They overcame an extremely dangerous situation and accomplished the mission by arresting the suspect.”
Miller was joined by Gov. Bill Lee and Tony Parker, the commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Correction for the presentation.
Joe Frye, who is part of the U.S. Marshal’s Fugitive Task Force, suffered minor gunshot wounds while approaching a home in Jackson to serve a warrant on fugitive Bobby Joe Claybrook, Jr.
Claybrook, 39, was placed on the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s Top Ten Most Wanted list in August on charges of attempted second degree murder, felon in possession of a handgun and aggravated assault.
(PHOTO: Gov. Bill Lee, left; Joe Frye, U.S. Marshal’s Fugitive Task Force; Tony Parker, the commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Correction and Tyreece Miller, U.S. Marshal)
