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Doubt and trust: Chattanooga’s anti-violence initiative aims to break culture of silence

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Two men were fatally gunned down in different areas of Chattanooga on Feb. 1.

In Hixson, a gunman told Andrew Biro he would be killed if he told anyone he saw Robert McClure getting shot in the head at point-blank range.

Biro called police. They made an arrest the same day.

“The people who knew who shot and killed the guy in Hixson called the police immediately. ‘I know he did it. I saw him do it,'” Chattanooga Police Department Lt. Todd Royval said.

In Alton Park, Charles Jones was gunned down by several men on West 41st Street, an area bordered by homes. No one said a word.