Chattanooga police officers working a homicide scene on the Southside Sunday morning also dealt with another serious, but separate, incident when an alleged rape victim ran to them for help.
Officers were called to the 3200 block of Broad Street shortly before 4 a.m. where they found Lymorris Martin, 59, suffering from multiple stab wounds to the chest and arm, according to court records. He died on scene.
The suspect, Rachel Green, 51, and a witness were detained and an investigator determined she stabbed the victim after a brief, physical fight with him.
The investigator also concluded that Green’s life was not in danger and she could have removed herself from the situation without resorting to deadly force – Martin was unarmed at the time of the incident.
Martin’s death marked the 11th homicide in Chattanooga this year, keeping the city on pace to match or surpass last year’s total of 32.