Police cars are parked around the scene of a shooting in October at the intersection of Wilson Street and North Orchard Knob Avenue.2013 SHOOTINGS
The Times Free Press 2013 Chattanooga shootings website.
THE 19 VICTIMSChattanooga recorded 19 homicides in 2013. Of that total, there were 14 shooting-related deaths, two stabbings and four cases of strangulation or blunt force trauma. (In one instance, a victim was both stabbed and suffered blunt force trauma injuries.) Police were able to clear 68 percent of the cases. The 2013 homicide total was down from 2012, when the city documented 24 slayings.1) Jan. 10 — Edward Glenn is shot and killed inside a residence at 2500 O’Rear St.2) Jan. 12 — Timothy Bumpass is shot and killed in the 4800 block of Swan Road.3) Jan. 26 — James Masingill, 73, is bludgeoned to death with a crowbar at 3401 S. Orchard Knob Ave.4) Jan. 28 — Terry Parker dies after being shot three times in a gang-related shooting at 1200 Grove St.5) Feb. 7 — Lucius Moss, 36, was slain in his home after he sustained 17 stab wounds, mostly to his neck, face and head. His body and home at 1802 Wilcox Blvd. were set on fire after he was killed.6) March 6 — Lamunta Williams, 16, is shot to death in an abandoned house at 2623 Carr St. just blocks away from where he was supposed to be in class at the Howard School.7) March 19 — Eric Mason Fluellen, 18, died after being shot in the 3200 block of 13th Avenue.8) March 20 — Charleston Beard, 22, is shot to death in the 2200 block of Vance Avenue.9) March 29 — Deborah Underhill, 57, is found strangled and beaten on Patton Chapel Road on the south bank of the Tennessee River.10) April 2 — Desmond McClure, 28, is shot and killed outside of 2510 E. Main St. after an event.11) May 5 — Wendell Washington, 20, is shot at 3687 Northrop St. and dies from his wounds.12) May 18 — Alexis Lewis, 51, is stabbed to death at 101 E. 20th St. after an argument.13) May 28 — Steve Albert Cran, 58, is pushed into oncoming traffic in the 5900 block of Brainerd Road during an argument. Cran died from his injuries.14) June 23 — Demetrius “Meechy” Davis is shot along with three others while standing near a nightclub at 1501 Dodds Ave. Davis died from his injuries.15) July 5 — Ladarius Daniel, 21, is shot and killed while another man is wounded outside an event hall, Da Building at 1622 Dodds Ave.16) Aug. 18 — Ollie Peters, 15, is shot in the back of the head and found in the front yard of 1206 Sheridan Ave. He dies within a couple of days. He was a freshman at Tyner Academy.17) Oct. 4 — Christopher Jones, 24, is shot and killed on the 4000 block of Chandler Avenue just a few doors from his home after an argument with another man, witnesses tell police.18) Dec. 5 — Calvin Ward, 17, and Galen Allen, 26, are both shot while attempting to rob a man in a Bi-Lo parking lot at 4510 Highway 58. Ward dies from his injuries. Allen faces robbery-related charges.19) Dec. 17 — Norman Alex Gallman, 39, is shot at 344 S. Moore Road in a road rage incident. He dies shortly after. Richard Manning, 62, is arrested and faces charges.Sources: CPD, Times Free Press archives
Chattanooga juvenile shooting victims in 2013
Chattanooga shootings in 2013.Mollie Chatman hopes her nephew heeds the wake-up call.
“I don’t know what’s going on, but you need to get yourself together. You need to be a father,” she tells the 19-year-old.
Tyler McCrary, a Tyner Academy graduate, is still on crutches after his latest surgery, which was needed after he was shot and wounded Dec. 7 at a party at 7627 Bishop Drive.