Timeline of the Dual State Manhunt for Rapist Who Shot at Cops

— -- A manhunt for a convicted rapist who was wanted on outstanding warrants has spread into two states and led to violent confrontations with police, officials said.

There was a confirmed sighting of Floyd Ray Cook, 62, this afternoon in rural Kentucky after someone called police saying that a man matching the fugitive's description approached his home asking for a ride.

The suspect fled on foot as soon as he spotted a deputy's car.

The search for Cook started this weekend after he allegedly shot a police officer in Tennessee before fleeing to Kentucky and shooting at another officer in a gun battle.

Cook, who was on parole after serving time for raping a 19-year-old in Kentucky in 1971, according to the Associated Press, was wanted after being indicted for trafficking methamphetamine and for failure to register as a sex offender, the AP said. He is also now wanted for attempted murder of a police officer, the AP said.

Several months ago, authorities discovered that Cook -- who has several other convictions including robbery, assault and escape in the 1980s, according to public records -- was not living at the last known address where he registered as a sex offender, the AP said. Recently they tracked down what they believed to be his residence but did not find him there, the AP said.

Here is a timeline of how the manhunt unfolded:

Saturday Oct. 24

Cook's path of alleged violence started on Saturday afternoon when he allegedly shot Officer Ahscari Valencia in Algood, Tenn.

Valencia was wearing a bulletproof vest and survived. His condition was not clear.

The Kentucky State Police were notified of the search for Cook at 4 p.m. Trooper Jeremy Baker located his vehicle south of Burkesville, Kentucky and attempted to make a traffic stop.

"Cook wrecked his vehicle and began shooting at [Trooper Jeremy] Baker from within the truck," Kentucky State Police said.

Baker returned fire and Cook, 62, fled on foot. The trooper was uninjured.

The Kentucky State Police special response team then tracked Cook that evening and into the early hours of Sunday morning before the search was suspended "due to weather and darkness."

Sunday Oct. 25

The search resumed the next morning and the Kentucky State Police received a tip from a homeowner who believed that he saw Cook entering his residence.

The residence was searched "late" Sunday and Cook was not present.

Monday Oct. 26

Schools in Cumberland County, Kentucky were closed on Monday -- a closure that would last through Wednesday -- as a result of the manhunt.

Tuesday Oct. 27

The FBI and the U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force joined the search for Cook, who officials said was considered "armed and an extreme danger to the public."

Wednesday Oct. 28

According to Deputy U.S. Marshal Danny Shelton, investigators observed a vehicle they believed was connected to Cook near White House, Tenn.

"As investigators approached the vehicle, the driver attempted to drive away from the scene, striking two law enforcement vehicles and nearly striking a U.S. Marshals task force officer who was on foot," Shelton said.

After a task force officer fired a shot, the car sped away before crashing into a ravine about three miles away. Two people fled on foot.

Officials from the local and state law enforcement eventually found Katy McCarty, 35 and Troy Wayne, 50, believed to be associates of Cook. It was not clear how they were associated. They have not been charged in connection to Cook's case.

It was not clear if they had representation.

Both were being held at the Robertson County Jail on charges of being fugitives of justice. Shelton said both McCarty and Wayne both have outstanding warrants -- McCarty for a probation violation in Arizona and Wayne for failure to appear in Kentucky -- and so the fugitive of justice charge will likely be dropped if the other charges are pursued.

Thursday Oct. 29

Cumberland County Schools reopened today because the "school district feels it is now safe for our students to resume class," even though Cook remains at large.

"Kentucky State Police report they are no longer concentrating search efforts to find fugitive Floyd Ray Cook in Cumberland County specifically, and multiple law enforcement agencies confirm the hunt for Cook has now been extended statewide in Kentucky and Tennessee," the school's statement read.

Kentucky State Police spokesman Billy Gregory told ABC News that the search is widespread and ongoing.

"We're just trying to turn over rocks and check the trees and see what falls out and turns up," Gregory said.

At around 2:30 a.m., the Cumberland County Sheriff's dispatch received a call from a resident who said that a man matching Cook's description approached him at home, asking for a ride.

"The caller said that he was 100 percent sure it was him," a representative for the Cumberland County Sheriff's office told ABC News.

When a deputy arrived in the area, which is reportedly only 5 or 6 miles from the scene of the second shooting on Saturday, the suspect fled on foot. The deputy pursued but, the representative for the Cumberland County Sheriff's office said that it is a heavily wooded area and they lost him.

The sheriff's office immediately contacted the school district telling them to avoid sending buses in the area, and parents have subsequently been asked to pick their children up.