Dominique Latrell BondsPolice have charged Dominique Latrell Bonds, 18, with attempted first-degree murder in connection a shooting last week on the 2200 block of East 17th Street.
The victim, 26-year-old Jamaal Thomas, was found with a minor gunshot wound to the leg around 4:30 a.m. on June 20. Thomas said Bonds shot him after an argument that escalated, according to court documents.
He also said Bonds had been trying to shoot him for at least three hours and several shots had already been fired at him during that time. Thomas and Bonds had been roommates for two months.
In addition to attempted first-degree murder, Bonds has been charged with aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony.
Bonds has an arrest record in Chattanooga dating back a dozen years, according to online court records. Several of his charges have been for criminal trespassing, but he was also charged multiple times on domestic assault and child abuse and neglect charges.