After two separate shooting incidents involving young people over the weekend in Chattanooga, police said that what may seem like an uptick in shootings is typical this time of year.
“The incidents we typically see this time of year when people get out of the house again, we have more human interaction outside, and whenever folks have disagreements now, they act upon those disagreements rather than walk away,” Chattanooga Assistant Chief Jerri Sutton said by phone Monday.
“In terms of actual trends, no, nothing is trending up right now,” Sutton said.
On Saturday, young people were involved in two separate shooting incidents in Chattanooga.
Shortly after 7:30 p.m. officers responded to a “shots fired” call near Hamilton Place and were informed that a fight “involving juvenile girls and two boys” ended in gunfire, according to a Chattanooga Police Department news release.