Tiffany McMath holds her 2-year-old son Kamari McMath who was one of five people shot on the 1900 block of Walker Street in East Chattanooga late Sunday evening. Kamari’s back was grazed by a bullet.
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1912 Walker Street
The skies were clear Monday morning on Walker Street as residents returned to their front porches after a hail of gunfire the night before sent them running for cover, leaving four wounded and one dead.
A small bunch of red, white and blue plastic flowers was stuck in the dirt near the curb marking the spot where 22-year-old VanDaryl “V” Rivers was shot in the head and fell to the ground.
He was pronounced dead at Erlanger hospital.
“He didn’t even stay on this block. He came to tell us he just found out he was going to be a father,” said Tamesa “PeeWee” Davenport, 27, of Chattanooga. “For that to happen to him, it was just sad.”
Among those injured by bullets were 19-year-old JerMichael Smith, who was shot in the neck and listed in critical condition, 25-year-old Daniel Smiley, who was shot in the wrist, and a 17-year-old and 2-year-old who were both grazed by bullets.