The city of Chattanooga has asked a judge to declare Coyote Jack's a public nuisance, in an attempt to close the crime-ridden club following Sunday's fatal shooting, which was the third in just three years.
Chattanooga hasn't gone a week without a person being shot since Sept. 12. Since then, the average time between shootings has been two days, and the most people shot within the shortest period of time has been this week.
The business license for the corporation that operates the Coyote Jack's nightclub downtown was dissolved by the state in July, which would have nullified its beer permit more than two months before Sunday's fatal shooting, according to documents obtained by the Times Free Press.
Michael Roberson, a man who stabbed a woman several times and gouged out both her eyes, has been committed to a mental health facility.
In the wake of the 10th shooting at a downtown Chattanooga nightclub since 2016, community members are pleading for the city to shut down the facility.
A Chattanooga attorney on Thursday filed a motion to quash a subpoena obtained by East Ridge police for her Google account information, including records for call information and text messages. A complaint against the officer who obtained the subpoena also was filed.
Chattanooga police have identified the people involved in Sunday morning's second shooting.
Chattanooga police will release body camera footage of officers' response to a fatal shooting Sunday morning outside Coyote Jack's nightclub.
Chattanooga police are investigating two separate shootings, one of which has turned fatal, that took place early Sunday morning.
At least one Collegedale, Tennessee, police officer is under review after he kept his body camera muted while speaking with a subject he cuffed and detained during a traffic stop for alleged improper use of a turning lane. It was the second time the officer stopped the same man within 30 minutes.
