Two separate shootings happened within 30 minutes early Sunday morning, wounding two people.
Chattanooga police responded to a local hospital for a person shot at 2:58 a.m Sunday. Charles Melton, age 18, told police he was a passenger in a vehicle traveling in the 2100 block of Wilder St. when the driver of a passing vehicle brandished a firearm and began shooting.
Melton was taken by personal vehicle to the hospital and police said his injuries were not life-threatening.
Police had no suspects Sunday afternoon.
The 911 call for the second incident came in at 3:19 a.m. Regina Hughes, 67, said she was asleep in her home at 4700 Midland Pike when she woke up to a sharp pain and then heard multiple gunshots outside.
Hughes was was taken by ambulance to a local hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.
Police said they don’t know if the shootings were related. Anyone with information is asked to call Chattanooga police at 423-698-2525.