State police have released the name of the man who was shot by a state trooper in self-defense on Rosetown Road Saturday night.

A news release from KSP identifies the man who was shot while allegedly attempting to run over State Trooper James McArthur with his automobile while the trooper was on foot as 29-year old Michael Burgess of Oak Grove.         

The chase began on Beeker Road after the report of a suspicious vehicle; shots were fired in the Rosetown Road incident and Burgess was finally taken into custody on Arthur Henderson Road in Todd County.

Burgess remains in Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where Tennessee authorities continue to guard him according to KSP.

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12/05/2011/am