Staff Photo by John Rawlston
Chattanooga Police Department officers investigate a shooting that occurred near the intersection of Third Street and Holtzclaw Avenue on Sunday, Dec. 20, 2015, in Chattanooga, Tenn. One victim was transported by ambulance after the driver pulled into the parking lot of the Mapco in the aftermath of a shooting that shattered the passenger window and left a bullet hole in the front windshield. A normal afternoon turned into bloody commotion at the Mapco gas station at Holtzclaw Avenue and East Third Street on Sunday when a shooting victim showed up in the parking lot.
According to police, a 20-year-old man was shot on Wilcox Boulevard. He drove himself to the gas station, where 911 was called.
Javoris Akins was shot in the shoulder and the foot at 1700 Wilcox Blvd. and drove slightly more than a mile to the Mapco at 1265 E. Third St., not far from Erlanger hospital. Police responded to a “person shot” call just after 3 p.m., and an ambulance carried someone away about 3:15.
No suspect information was available Sunday, but Akins’ injuries were not life-threatening, police said.
The gray Pontiac Akins was driving had bullet holes in the windshield, hood and door, and the front passenger-side window was shattered.