The owner of a convenience store where two homicides occurred in less than two months has hired two extra security guards.
Residents applaud the changes but said more needs to be done to make the location safer.
“I think they run a great business, I think they became relaxed in what they were doing,” Robert Schreane, chairman of the North Brainerd Community Council, told the Chattanooga Beer and Wrecker Board on Thursday morning.
The board asked Ashish Chaudhari, owner of the Wilcox Boulevard Kanku’s gas station, to speak with members about security concerns at his store.
A Jan. 9 shooting at the store killed Jonathan Lawrence. Montez Davis was charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death.