Tobias Pruitt, 37, fired at police as they tried to arrest him on a aggravated assault warrant.
Rodney Martin, 40, turned himself in to police. He was wanted on charged of aggravated assault and reckless endangerment.A man suspected in a Monday night shooting is charged with firing on police officers Tuesday as they were trying to arrest him.
Tobias Pruitt, 37, was suspected in a shooting Monday at 3311 Delong St., said Sgt. Jerri Weary, spokeswoman for the Chattanooga Police Department.
Investigators with the crime suppression unit, which handles gang-related crime, located him Tuesday at 3116 Chambliss St. and tried to apprehend him, but he ran, then turned and shot at the officers, Weary said.
Two officers exchanged gunfire with Pruitt before he threw down his weapon and surrendered, she said. Neither Pruitt nor the officers were wounded in the exchange.
Police were looking for Pruitt and another man, Rodney Martin, 40, both of whom had warrants for aggravated assault and reckless endangerment in connection with the Monday night shooting, Weary said.