A 20-year-old man shot early Thursday morning was listed in critical condition at a local hospital Thursday afternoon with a gunshot wound to the head.
Pink bicycles and baby strollers cluttered the yard and porch of 2138 E. 27th St. near a pool of dried blood on steps where 20-year-old Michael Johnson was shot.
Clay Holiday told Chattanooga police that he and Mr. Johnson were sitting on the porch after midnight Wednesday when a dark-colored car with tinted windows approached.
A passenger in the vehicle rolled down the window and fired several shots at the men, police said.
Mr. Holiday ran inside the house. When he came back outside, he found Mr. Johnson with a gunshot wound to the head, police were told. The victim was rushed to a local hospital.
This is the 31st shooting with injuries in Chattanooga this year, and there also have been six homicides, according to newspaper archives.
"We really don't have an accurate description of the vehicle other than it was dark-colored," said Sgt. Jerri Weary, a spokeswoman for the Chattanooga police department.
Based on witness information, one person fired from the passenger side of the car, but police do not know how many occupants were inside, she said.
The sunlit street was calm Thursday afternoon except for chirping birds and passing traffic. Neighbors did not answer knocks on their doors.
Major crimes investigators did not return calls seeking further comment.
Anyone with information on this incident is asked to call Chattanooga Police Department at 423-643-5139.
SHOOTINGS THIS YEAR
As of Wednesday, there have been six homicides and 31 shootings with injury in Chattanooga:
* Jan. 2 -- Body of Jimmy Yearby, 40, found in the middle of Sanders Road, dead of an apparent gunshot to the head.
* Jan. 3 -- Jeffrey Jones, 49, shot in the back at 952 N. Orchard Knob Ave. Kenneth L. Flint was charged with the shooting.
* Jan. 9 -- Jonathan Lawrence, 42, shot and killed while pumping gas at the Kanku's at 3440 Wilcox Blvd. Montez Davis was charged with first-degree murder, reckless endangerment and illegal possession of a firearm.
* Jan. 9 -- Inah Garner, 29, shot in the finger during the crossfire of another shooting that Montez Davis was involved in.
* Jan. 27 -- Glen Bailey, 21, shot twice by his girlfriend's brother at 2008 Bennett Ave.
* Feb. 6 -- Terry Marshall, 39, shot in the chest at 1501 Roanoke Ave.
* Feb. 7 -- A 2-year-old child is shot when a bullet pierces the car window near 1300 Wilcox Blvd.
* Feb. 11 -- Darius Robinson, 21, shot in the leg while driving past the Kanku's on Wilcox Boulevard.
* Feb. 14 -- Gweniqua Strickland, 22, shot in the abdomen, arm and leg while on the couch inside the residence at 4115 Dorris St. Shots came from outside the home.
* Feb. 21 -- Denzel Lloyd, 18, shot while walking to his car after a teen party at the Loose Cannon Art Gallery, 1900 Rossville Ave.
* Feb. 21 -- Minnie Moore, 77, grazed in the back and on her elbow by bullets that came from outside her home at 1900 Wilson St.
* Feb. 27 -- Terrance Etchison, 27, shot and killed at the Kanku's on Wilcox Boulevard.
* Feb. 27 -- Cecil Franklin Stodghill, shot while bartending at the LG Lounge at 830 Dodson Ave.
* March 13 -- Juvenile shot in the left side of the neck while seated in an SUV at 4600 Rogers Road.
* March 13 -- 16-year-old male shot in the lower left leg at 1941 Heaton St.
* March 17 -- Two juveniles shot on the porch of 1113 N. Hawthorne St. in a drive-by. One is shot in the left foot and the other in the right leg.
* March 26 -- Marquis McReynolds, 18, and a 15-year-old male shot at 1953 Southern St. Mr. McReynolds was shot in the side, and the 15-year-old was shot in the stomach. Police charged two suspects, ages 16 and 17, with attempted first-degree murder and aggravated assault.
* March 27 -- Quincy Bell, Kevin Tucker and Andreonna Buchanan, all 18, and two juveniles are shot in the legs and buttocks during a gathering of an estimated 250 people in Coolidge Park. Police arrested Anthony Frieson, 18, Taurean Patillo, 18 and a juvenile in connection with the incident.
* March 30 -- RaShaun Dontae, 20, was shot in the buttocks at 2210 Duncan Road after an argument over a woman. Police have no suspects.
* March 31 -- Darius Hyatt, 21, was shot in the forearm while walking down the street in the 2600 block of Fourth Avenue. Two people fled the scene in a white Chevrolet Impala.
* April 4 -- Jeryl Y. Hudson, 55, is shot in the head and killed. Ms. Hudson was a passenger in a maroon Ford Taurus when the car stopped at East 11th and Houston streets. A white, four-door sedan pulled up beside the Taurus and an unknown assailant fired into the vehicle, killing Ms. Hudson.
*April 8 -- Timmy Nichols, 50, is shot in the chest and killed on the corner of Main and Willow Streets at about 12:45 a.m. Police arrest Quinisha Renee Brabson, 20, charging her with criminal homicide. Police said the pair got into an argument.
*April 13 -- Michael Graham, 19, is shot in the neck while driving away from the East 12th Street area. A juvenile passenger said he and Mr. Graham were traveling home from East Ridge and stopped to sell marijuana. When they got lost he asked for directions from two men who shot at them as they sped away.
* April 13 -- Two shooting victims identified as Walter Nicholson, 23, and Paul Ray Robinson, 26, were shot at 1700 N. Orchard Knob Ave. No further details were available.
*April 14 -- Ayanna Glenn, 33, is shot in her 5207 Woodland View Circle home while lying on the sofa. She and her boyfriend, Richard Jackson, heard a knock at the door that was followed by several gunshots, one of which grazed Ms. Glenn's forearm.
* April 23 -- Orlando Gomez is shot in the lower left leg when he startles a man who tried to rob the Big K market on 909 Dodson Ave. at 8:25 p.m. Mr. Gomez was treated at a local hospital and released.
*April 26 -- Alan Eady, 40, is shot in the leg and hand after two young men tried to rob him at 2407 Glass St. Mr. Eady was treated at a local hospital and released.
Source: Newspaper archives