YEAR-TO-DATE HOMICIDES
2015: 9, including one justified homicide 2014: 9 2013: 10 YEAR-TO-DATE NON-FATAL SHOOTINGS 2015: 26 2014: 29 Source: Chattanooga Police Department, Times Free Press archives
WHO WERE THEY?
Robert Rutledge, 66 — “He was a great man. We talked often at my job. This man would give you his last dime if you needed it. He was so against gang violence and abuse of all kinds. He would have protected anyone from harm. I considered him a great friend.” — LeeAnn Swindle Kentrell Provens, 16 — “Everyone keeps on coming up to me and saying, ‘I just seen him and he gave me a hug. He gave me a hug.’ And you know he just loved hugging. He hugged me everyday.” — Theresa Provens Rosa Chatman, 56 — “She had an outgoing personality. She never met a stranger. Everyone she met she was friends with her.” — Roshandra Stallworth Source: Times Free Press reports
Robert Rutledge protected. Kentrell Provens hugged. Rosa Chatman danced.
And this week, Rutledge died, Provens died and Chatman died.
All three were killed during a violent week for the city, with three homicides in a five-day span from Saturday to Wednesday.