The 16-year-old girl who was shot and killed in East Lake on March 30 has been identified as Glenda Mae Swafford.
Swafford was found dead from multiple gunshot wounds in a parked car when authorities were called to the 3500 block of Clio Avenue that night, according to a preliminary autopsy report from the Hamilton County Medical Examiner's office.
A 16-year-old boy has been charged with murder in the shooting. His name has not been released because of his age.
The same teen also is charged with attempted murder and aggravated assault in the shooting of David Green, 31, who was shot multiple times while driving in the 600 block of West 38th Street in Alton Park on Friday.
Investigators tracked the suspect to the 3500 block of Clio Avenue, where they found him barricaded in a home late that evening. Initially, he refused to come out, but he surrendered as the SWAT team arrived.
"Officers worked diligently with little to go on to arrest the person responsible for the heinous killing of a 16-year-old girl last week and the audacious attack on another man just 12 hours later," Chattanooga Police Chief Fred Fletcher wrote in an email shortly after the teen was taken into custody.
The home where he was found was just a few doors down from where Swafford's body was found the night before. Another victim in that shooting, Cody Nunley, 20, showed up at a neighbor's home covered in blood and begging for help around 1:30 a.m. Thursday morning. He was treated for minor injuries, police said.
Police say the attack involving Green is thought to be gang-related, but the Swafford and Nunley shootings are not.
Family and friends of Swafford did not respond to Times Free Press requests for comment, but several made public Facebook posts about the incident.
"You've been on my mind all day. I miss you so much, Glenda Mae Swafford," one friend wrote the day after Swafford's death.
"Glenda Mae Swafford fly high!! I never thought you would have to go so soon. You will be missed. I love you, someday I will see you again," wrote another friend. "Keep a spot for me up there!"
Contact staff writer Emmett Gienapp at egienapp@timesfreepress.com or 423-757-6731. Follow him on Twitter @emmettgienapp.