The manager of a Chattanooga vape store was arrested and charged with attempted murder Friday in connection with the March shooting of a Marine in the parking lot of the Bar Louie restaurant.
On March 26, Benjamin Thomas Connally III, 30, allegedly shot Gunnery Sgt. Robert Driver Jr., 34, around 9:50 p.m. in front of the restaurant on the 2100 block of Hamilton Place Boulevard.
Driver is a Marine recruiter who worked in the office on Lee Highway that was targeted during the July 16, 2105, terrorist attack, another recruiter confirmed Friday afternoon.
According to a Facebook post signed by “The Managers,” Driver was part of a group of military veterans who were awaiting the arrival of an Uber driver when they were accosted by a driver in a passing vehicle.
“The culmination of the situation being that [a person in the passing vehicle fired] a single shot, striking one of the gentleman [sic] in the shoulder before speeding off,” according to the post.