Jesse Mathews is wheeled into Judge Bob Moon’s courtroom by officer Wayne Dowell during Mathews’ preliminary hearing. Jesse Mathews is being charged in the April 2 shooting death of Chattanooga police Sgt. Tim Chapin.
Staff Photo by Dan Henry/Chattanooga Times Free PressDistrict Attorney General Bill Cox has filed a notice to seek the death penalty for a 25-year man accused of killing a Chattanooga police officer.
Jesse Ray Mathews was indicted on six charges related to his alleged robbery and gun battle at the U.S. Money Shops on Brainerd Road April 2. Court testimony and documents state that Mathews shot and killed Chattanooga Police Department Sgt. Tim Chapin while trying to flee the scene.
He is scheduled for an arraignment in Criminal Court Judge Barry Steelman’s courtroom on Friday.
Mathews originally was charged with felony murder, especially aggravated robbery and two counts of attempted first-degree murder.
His April 27 grand jury indictment has new charges.