Homicides this year* Feb. 27: 3440 Wilcox Blvd. — Terrance Etchison, 27, died from an apparent gunshot wound after an unidentified black male shot him in the torso.* Feb. 14: 4115 Dorris St. — Gweniqua Strickland, 22 is sitting on her living room couch when shots from outside her home hit her in the arm, leg and abdomen, killing her 5-month-old fetus.* Jan. 9: 3440 Wilcox Blvd. — Jonathan Lawrence, 42, dies on the scene when a bullet fired at another man strikes him in the head at a Kanku’s gas station.Jan. 7: Cummings Highway — Marie Oliver, 27, dies after allegedly being dragged from the back of a pickup truck by her boyfriend, John Thomas White.Jan. 2: Sanders Road — Jimmy Yearby, 40, dies of an apparent gunshot wound to the head.Source: Newspaper archives.
Chattanooga police are searching for a suspect and have one man in custody in relation to two separate shootings late Saturday night.
Police first responded to a shooting in the parking lot of the Kanku’s convenience store at 3440 Wilcox Blvd. around 10:45 p.m. Saturday.
They found 27-year-old Terrance Etchison unresponsive and suffering from an apparent gunshot wound to the upper torso, according to a news release from Sgt. Jerri Weary, a spokeswoman for the department. EMS workers pronounced him dead.
After speaking with witnesses, police learned that Mr. Etchison and an unidentified black male had words inside the store. That exchange then carried over to the parking lot when the victim exited the store, Sgt. Weary said. During the conversation outside, the suspect pulled a gun and shot Mr. Etchison in the area of the upper torso then got into his vehicle and left, she said.