Marcell ChristopherA 20-year-old who was wounded during a 2015 College Hill Courts homicide was sentenced to 22 months in federal prison Friday for the unlawful transport of a firearm.
Marcell Christopher was arrested Feb. 24 after a Chattanooga officer spotted a vehicle involved in a shots-fired call from two nights before turn onto Shallowford Road. Once the vehicle stopped in an apartment complex, Christopher opened the door and took off running, court records allege.
“I immediately saw that he had a silver firearm in his hand,” the responding officer, Joel Gunn, wrote in a criminal affidavit.
Gunn said he caught Christopher after he threw his weapon and tried to scale a fence. Gunn arrested the 20-year-old on theft, gun and tampering with evidence charges.
Because Christopher was convicted of domestic assault and isn’t allowed to legally own a gun, federal prosecutors took the case.