A Turner Security Company employee works at the U.S. Money Shops office in Brainerd where 51-year-old Chattanooga Police Department Sgt. Tim Chapin was shot and killed Saturday. Sgt. Chapin was responding to an armed robbery when the tragic shooting occurred.
Staff Photo by Dan Henry/Chattanooga Times Free PressNASHVILLE – Led by Hamilton County lawmakers, the state House this week honored the memory of Chattanooga Police Sgt. Tim Chapin, who was gunned down Saturday while responding to an armed robbery at U.S. Money Shops on Brainerd Road.
Rep. JoAnne Favors, D-Chattanooga, in whose district the shooting occurred, said Monday that the 51-year-old Chapin “had such a stellar reputation in Hamilton County and across the region that we have experienced grief beyond description.”
His voice breaking, Rep. Vince Dean, R-East Ridge, a retired Chattanooga police lieutenant, called Chapin a “very close friend” and fellow church member at Abba’s House.
“Remember them in your prayers,” Dean urged colleagues about Chapin’s wife, Kelle; son, Nicholas; and daughter, Allison.
Dean recalled a trip to the Bahamas that he and Chapin took about 20 years ago. These days, the two men’s daughters are friends. Just two weeks ago, Dean noted, Chapin came by his house to pick up his daughter who had been visiting.