A suspect in a fatal March shooting has turned himself in after learning of warrants for his arrest, according to a Thursday news release from Chattanooga police.
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The suspect, who is a juvenile, and was therefore not named by police, was wanted in the March 31 shooting death of another juvenile on Dodds Avenue, according to the release. He turned himself in to the Juvenile Detention Center.
“He is charged with criminal homicide, attempted criminal homicide, reckless endangerment and unlawful possession of a firearm,” department spokesperson Jeremy Eames said in the release.
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Chattanooga police responded to a call of a person being shot on the 2100 block of Dodds Ave. on March 31 shortly before 5:30 p.m.
Responding officers found a 16-year-old suffering from a life-threatening gunshot wound near 2300 East 23rd St. The victim was taken to a local hospital by Hamilton County EMS. He later died.
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– Compiled by La Shawn Pagán