The day after a double shooting in East Brainerd claimed a well-known attorney and his son, Chattanooga’s legal community continued to look for answers Monday.
“This has just shocked anybody who has known him,” said attorney Mark Whittenburg, who practiced for years with Glenn Ray Copeland. “That’s all anybody was talking about at the courthouse this morning.”
Deputies from the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office raced to 9012 Jennifer Lane around noon Sunday and found Glenn Copeland, 82, suffering from a gunshot wound. He was transported to Erlanger hospital and died there. Meanwhile, the suspect in the shooting, his son, Steven Dale Copeland, 57, was found dead at nearby 9015 Jennifer Lane. Though he died from an apparent gunshot wound, deputies could not say Monday whether it was self-inflicted, and released no motive for the slaying.
“We are waiting on results from the medical examiner’s office before we can release anything else,” Chief Deputy Allen Branum wrote in an email. “I will release the information as soon as it is available to us.”
The news of Glenn Copeland’s death startled many lawyers in town who knew him.