Sgt Jerri Weary has released a statement that the Chattanooga Police are on scene at 729 E 48th Street where a man has been shot in the shoulder during an attempted residential robbery.
According to the victim, he was about to walk into his home when he was approached by an unknown black male suspect. The suspect attempt to push the victim into his apartment but the victim closed the door on him and was shot.
Then suspect then fled on foot in an unknown direction. The victim was taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening injury to the shoulder.
The suspect was described as a black male with dreaded hair. No other information is known at this time. A more detailed account of this incident will follow tomorrow morning.