Nearly 50 officers, emergency responders and detectives swarmed East Lake Courts Tuesday afternoon, interviewing residents and searching for leads in a slaying there.
Within 15 hours, they had a suspect.
Chattanooga police arrested Christopher Lamar Lowe, 24, early Wednesday morning during an interview and charged with first-degree murder, especially aggravated robbery, aggravated assault and unlawful carry and possession of a weapon. He is being held in the Hamilton County Jail on a $740,000 bond.
Christopher Lamar Lowe“The community is understanding that we’re the community, too,” police Chief of Staff David Roddy said Wednesday of the public’s cooperation in the matter. “Violence toward our community members will not be tolerated.”
Police found Percy Allen IV, 20, with a gunshot wound to the neck in his home in East Lake Courts at 2800 Fourth Ave. around 1 p.m. Tuesday. He is the 25th person to be killed in Chattanooga so far this year.