A 20-year-old man told police he was standing near a car on 10th Street when someone drove by and shot him in the back early Sunday morning.
The shooting of Brandon Staples on the 900-block of E. 10th Street at 1:20 a.m. Sunday was the second reported shooting with injury over the weekend and the 42nd shooting with injury in Chattanooga reported this year.
Police are also investigating a shooting that wounded a 19-year old man in the neck as he and friends were traveling through the intersection of Brainerd Road and Belvoir Avenue at 1 a.m. Saturday.
Darrell Bridges and others said occupants of a white SUV began shooting at the group, injuring him.
Both Mr. Staples and Mr. Bridges were treated for their non-life threatening injuries.