Staff Photo by Dan Henry / The Chattanooga Times Free Press- 10/20/15. Chattanooga police investigate a homicide that happened inside a home on 4th Avenue around 1 p.m. today.
Christopher Lamar LowePolice have arrested a suspect after a dad was killed while watching his 2-year-old in Chattanooga.
Percy Allen IV, 20, was shot and killed inside his home in East Lake Courts at 2800 Fourth Ave. around 1 p.m. Tuesday.
This morning authorities said 24-year-old Christopher Lamar Lowe has been arrested in connection with the crime. He is charged with first degree murder, especially aggravated robbery, aggravated assault, and unlawful possession of a weapon.
Allen is the 25th person to be killed in Chattanooga so far this year.
His mother, Sylvia Peoples-Fuller, said her son was home watching his 2-year-old daughter when someone came inside and shot him, perhaps as part of a robbery. Police said Tuesday the motive in the killing is unclear.
Peoples-Fuller believes Allen’s daughter saw her father’s death.
Family and friends said Allen didn’t get into fights with other people and that he usually kept to himself. He loved to draw and laugh, Peoples-Fuller said.
“He’s been drawing ever since he could pick up a pen,” she said.
Her husband, a city garbage collector, swings by East Lake Courts every Friday to collect the trash. She’d laugh at Allen because he would always forget to put his trash out and have to chase after the truck, she said.
“We’d call him the day before and say, ‘You know tomorrow is garbage day,’ but he’d still forget,” she said and smiled.
This is a developing story. Stay with the Times Free Press for more details.