Emmett “D Baby” Jones and Roderick “Poo Poo” BatesA jury has found two Chattanooga men guilty of first-degree murder in the Oct. 7, 2011 shooting death of Reginald Clark, 37.
Roderick “Poo Poo” Bates and Emmett “D Baby” Jones, both 27, were charged with first-degree murder and especially aggravated burglary in Clark’s death.
Both were sentenced to life in prison.
In the week-long trial, witnesses who said the shooting occurred after an altercation at the Fire and Ice nightclub on Market Street.
Materrius Daniel, Clark’s friend, complimented a woman at the club on how she looked. She poured a drink on him. A short time later Bates approached Daniel, saying he’d insulted his girlfriend.