Chattanooga police arrest three suspects in Wednesday’s armed robbery of teen at a gas station on Wilcox Boulevard

A 17-year-old boy was robbed at gunpoint on Wednesday morning at a Shell gas station located at 3440 Wilcox Blvd. The suspects were all in custody by that evening, thanks to a county-wide search and footage from a public safety camera.

The boy told Chattanooga police two men, later identified as Nino Williams and Gerald Green, both 20, came up to him and took $150 in cash from his pockets and removed a set of speakers from the trunk of his car, Hamilton County Court records show. The speakers were encased in a custom-made black box.

Officers pulled footage from a public safety camera, likely the one located at 3450 Wilcox Blvd., and spotted the suspected getaway vehicle – a black 2009 Mazda 6 – driven by a third person, later identified as Kealey Green, 22, court records show.

Within about two hours, police found a vehicle in the 1000 block of Crutchfield Street matching the one captured by the camera, court records state.

Police knocked on the door of the residence and were given permission to search the premises. That’s where they found the suspects, according to court records.

During the search, officers found $149 in Gerald Green’s pocket and the key to the Mazda 6 in Kealey Green’s possession, court records state. They also found speakers matching the victim’s description inside the car, as well as a loaded Smith and Wesson 9mm black pistol.

During interviews, Gerald Green admitted to police that “his prints and DNA would be found on the weapon seized as evidence,” court records show. And Kealey Green admitted to driving the getaway vehicle and saw the speakers be loaded into the car, but he said he didn’t realize it was a robbery.

Williams only admitted to meeting up with the victim.

Regardless, all three were charged with aggravated robbery and taken to the Hamilton County Jail for booking.