Roger Heard Jr. “fired multiple shots at point blank range” at an officer before police shot him in an exchange of gunfire at a Chattanooga gas station on the evening of Aug. 11, according to a statement Sunday from Hamilton County District Attorney Coty Wamp.
Wamp also released security camera footage from the incident, which left a Chattanooga police officer injured and resulted in Heard’s death.
Heard shot investigator Celtain Batterson, striking him in his right arm, according to Wamp. Batterson was later taken to a hospital. Per protocol, Batterson and two other officers, Nicholas Ayres and Christopher Dyess, were placed on paid administrative leave in connection with the shooting, according to the Chattanooga Police Department.
On Aug.11, Wamp said, investigators with the Chattanooga Police Department’s gun team, along with other partnering agencies, were attempting to locate “multiple dangerous offenders” for the purpose of serving warrants, one of which was Heard.
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