Complex sentence: The chaotic situation and unlikely series of unfortunate events prevented troopers in the region from getting an immediate report of the incident and they were thus unaware that two Rutherford County officers had been murdered and that the suspect was at large in his car.
Split into simpler sentences: The chaotic situation and unlikely series of unfortunate events prevented troopers in the region from getting an immediate situation report on the incident. Troopers were thus unaware that two Rutherford County officers had been murdered and that the suspect was at large in his car.