Te'unte RiceA firearm consistent with the one used to shoot and kill 18-year-old Teunté Rice on Sept. 28 was found in Areeyon Lane's possession when he was killed just hours later.
Rice died at a local hospital after he was shot in the 2000 block of Windsor Street at about 10:35 p.m. About five hours later, Lane was shot at a Speedway gas station at 1330 East Third St.
Surveillance cameras showed Areeyon Lane in a physical altercation with a minor when Ladarean Lane stepped in to help the other person, and that's when he heard two gunshots and "his mind went blank," according to court records.
Ladarean Lane and Areeyon Lane are not related.
After reviewing the surveillance footage, police charged the juvenile and Ladarean Lane, 18, with criminal homicide, aggravated assault, reckless endangerment and unlawful possession of a firearm, court records state.
In Rice's slaying, no details about what led to the shooting have been released, but ballistics testing through the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network resulted in a "high confidence" correlation that the weapon found on Lane was the firearm used to kill Rice.
Several witnesses also identified the suspect as Areeyon Lane to police.
Rice and Areeyon Lane's deaths marked the city's 16th and 17th homicides of 2018. By this time last year, there had been 30 homicides.
Police are still actively investigating the incident. Anyone with information about it is asked to call the Homicide Tip Line at 423-643-5100 or submit a tip through the Chattanooga PD mobile app. Tipsters can remain anonymous.
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