Chattanooga police officers rounded up multiple validated gang members Tuesday night in a series of arrests across the city.
According to a news release, the first incident occurred at 11 p.m. when officers responded to a call of shots fired at 2300 Windsor St. and found 5 .40 caliber bullet casings near the building’s breezeway.
A witness said they saw several males run into a vacant apartment after the shots were fired, and officers noted they could see several males peering through the same apartment’s windows.
All on-duty Swat Team officers, K9 units and a hostage negotiation team then responded to the scene due to possible armed and barricaded people, but Chattanooga police officers were able to make contact with the males and were allowed inside.
Police found seven males in the living room, lying on the floor, as well as a bag of cocaine and marijuana inside a hallway air vent, crack cocaine in the bathroom toilet and marijuana in the bathtub.