Jesse Mathews, suspect in the shooting death of Chattanooga police Sgt. Tim Chapin.Hamilton County District Attorney General Bill Cox has filed a notice he’ll seek the death penalty for a 25-year-old man accused of killing a local police sergeant.
On April 27, a Hamilton County grand jury indicted Jesse Ray Mathews on six charges related to an April 2 attempted robbery of the U.S. Money Shops on Brainerd Road and the gunbattle that killed Chattanooga police Sgt. Tim Chapin.
Mathews is scheduled for arraignment before Criminal Court Judge Barry Steelman on Friday.
Cox said the arraignment would be Mathews’ initial appearance in Criminal Court, where his formal charges will be read and he’ll have the opportunity to enter a plea. Cox did not comment on the death penalty filing.
Prosecutors had said previously that they would seek the death penalty.