A man wanted for killing two people and nearly killing another at the Bayberry Apartment complex Sunday evening has been arrested, according to Chattanooga police.
Mark Caslin, 26, is now in custody and has been charged with two counts of criminal homicide and one count of attempted homicide, according to a news release sent Thursday. Law enforcement officials said they gathered information during the preliminary investigation that helped identify Caslin as the suspect.
The victims – 23-year-old Hollis Malone and 22-year-old Lyonnel Gladden – and another 22-year-old man, whom police have not identified, were attending a candlelight vigil at the apartment complex to remember 24-year-old Nakia McMillan – who had been killed in a single-vehicle crash on Highway 58 Dec. 2 – when they were shot.
Bayberry Apartments, formerly known as Woodlawn Apartments and located at the 2300 block of Wilson Street, has seen its share of violence on or near its property over the years.
At least 12 shootings are known to have taken place between 2011 and 2016, including one that left a 3-year-old injured, according to Times Free Press archives.