Person of interest in shooting death of 12-year-old has been captured in Chattanooga

A person of interest in the shooting death of JaJuan Latham, 12, last month was arrested in Chattanooga Tuesday, after being added to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation's most wanted list in connection with a handful of criminal charges.

According to a TBI press release, Marquez Travell Billingsley, 18, was taken into custody at the intersection of Dodds Avenue and East 23rd Street by TBI agents, U.S. Marshals, and officers with the Chattanooga police Department.

Billingsley was wanted by the Knoxville Police Department and the TBI for aggravated assault, carjacking, aggravated robbery and possession of a stolen weapon.

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