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Update: Man shot in rec center parking lot, Smith-Moore arrested

Update: According to a news release from Rebecca Royval, public information officer at the Chattanooga Police Department, Terrance Smith-Moore, the suspect in Monday’s Dodson Avenue shooting, has been arrested after surrendering himself to investigators with the Chattanooga Police Department fugitive division. Smith was interviewed by major crimes investigators at the Police Services Center on Amnicola Highway, then transported to the Hamilton County Jail where he was charged with attempted first degree murder, aggravated assault and reckless endangerment.


A man was shot in the arm Monday in the East Chattanooga Recreation Center parking lot, police said.

All 30 children at the center’s Kids Camp Summer Program were inside the building during the shooting, said Officer Rebecca Royval, spokeswoman for the Chattanooga Police Department.

At first, police didn’t know who the suspect and victim were, but tracked them down through witness accounts, Officer Royval said.