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Chattanooga police adding downtown patrols after shooting outside Champy’s

Staff Photo by Ellen Gerst / Police block a lane of M. L. King Boulevard after a shooting that reportedly injured two outside Champy's in Chattanooga on April 25. The department is adding extra patrols downtown in response to the shooting, a spokesperson said
Staff Photo by Ellen Gerst / Police block a lane of M. L. King Boulevard after a shooting that reportedly injured two outside Champy's in Chattanooga on April 25. The department is adding extra patrols downtown in response to the shooting, a spokesperson said Staff Photo by Ellen Gerst / Police block a lane of M. L. King Boulevard after a shooting that reportedly injured two outside Champy's in Chattanooga on April 25. The department is adding extra patrols downtown in response to the shooting, a spokesperson said

By Ellen Gerst 2 min read


Chattanooga police are stationing additional officers in the downtown area after a shooting outside Champy’s that left two people injured.

The extra patrols will be staffed by officers working overtime, department spokesperson Sgt. Victor Miller said in an email.

(READ MORE: Champy’s shooting reportedly injures 2 outside popular Chattanooga restaurant)

“Additional overtime units, additional use of bike patrol, and officers that are bike certified but not on the bike patrol unit will also be used during overtime shifts on bikes and e-bikes,” Miller said.