Chattanooga police, along with Hamilton County 911 services and Hamilton County Rescue/Rehab service volunteers, conducted a sector 3 saturation Friday, resulting in multiple arrests.
According to a police department news release, the total crime statistics for the saturation were:
* 36 arrests: 17 felony, 19 misdemeanor
* 399 moving citations: 12 warning and 37 parking tickets, 279 speed van citations
* 2 DUI arrests
* 10 vehicle crashes investigated
* 10 bar compliance checks, with 39 fire code violations cited
* 50 field interviews conducted
* 16 arrest warrants served
* 2 search warrants served
* More than 144 grams of various drugs, including crack cocaine, powder cocaine, marijuana and Xanax pills, along with $1,306 cash
* 16 gang contacts made
* 4 handguns seized
Officers also assisted patrol with a shooting and attempted business robbery, a fight at Howard School for Academics and Technology and patrol at Coolidge Park, police said.
Man shot during robbery attempt
A man was shot Friday in an attempted robbery of the Big K market at 909 Dodson Ave., according to Chattanooga police.
About 8:25 p.m. an unknown black male entered the store and approached the counter, pointing a long barrel revolver in the clerk’s face and demanding money from the cash register, said Officer Rebecca Royval, a Chattanooga Police Department spokeswoman. The clerk jumped up and ran to the bathroom to hide, and the suspect began to go around the side of the counter when he was startled by Orlando Gomez, Officer Royval said.
The suspect fired one round from the revolver, striking Mr. Gomez in the lower left left, Officer Royval said. The suspect fled from the scene on foot toward Milne Street, she said.
Mr. Gomez was transported to Erlanger hospital, where he was treated and released, Officer Royval said.