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Third person charged in Chattanooga double homicide

Chattanooga Police Department / Two brothers, 19 and 21, died after a shooting on the 1100 block of Arlington Avenue in Chattanooga. A third person was arrested Monday in connection with the shooting, police said.
Chattanooga Police Department / Two brothers, 19 and 21, died after a shooting on the 1100 block of Arlington Avenue in Chattanooga. A third person was arrested Monday in connection with the shooting, police said. Chattanooga Police Department / Two brothers, 19 and 21, died after a shooting on the 1100 block of Arlington Avenue in Chattanooga. A third person was arrested Monday in connection with the shooting, police said.

A third person was arrested Monday in connection with a May double homicide in Chattanooga, police said Tuesday.

Jonathan Sawyer, 19, faces charges of first-degree murder and two counts of unlawful firearm possession.

(READ MORE: Two arrested in May double homicide at Chattanooga apartments)

He is the third person arrested in connection with the May 1 shooting that killed brothers De’Aaron and De’Jyron Triplett, ages 19 and 21.

Last week, police arrested Jamarie Jones, 20, and Darrisha Danforth, 32, in connection with the shooting.

Police saw surveillance video from an apartment complex at 1101 Arlington Ave. that appeared to show Jones putting on a mask then walking into a breezeway and shooting in the direction of the victims. He then left in a car, reportedly driven by Danforth, police said in a report.

Sawyer also put on a mask and walked into the breezeway with the two victims, then appeared to shoot a gun in their direction, according to a police report. He reportedly fled on foot, based on surveillance video.

— Compiled by Ellen Gerst

  photo  Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office / Jonathan Sawyer