A Soddy-Daisy man is being held on a $1 million bond after being charged in the stabbing death of his brother after an apparent early morning argument over phone volume.
Joseph Tanner Smith, 31, was charged with criminal homicide after Justin Tyler Smith, 37, died in a hospital after being found with stab wounds to the chest, according to a Chattanooga Police Department press release.
Police responded to the reported stabbing around 5:30 a.m. Sunday at a Lindsay Avenue home. Officers found Justin Smith with multiple stab wounds and Joseph Smith with a cut on his head, a sworn law enforcement affidavit in the case said.