Chattanooga police are asking for help identifying suspects in two separate Chattanooga shootings Saturday, one of which left a man dead.
In the fatal shooting, police responded at 5:13 p.m. to a call of a person shot in the 2200 block of Wilcox Boulevard, according to a statement from the department.
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The victim had been taken to the hospital in a private car, and officers were notified of the man’s arrival. Police determined an unknown man had approached the victim while he was sitting in his vehicle and shot him. The man later died at the hospital.
In an earlier shooting the same day, officers were responding to a call that shots were fired in the 1400 block of Ivy Street around 4 p.m. when they were diverted to a nearby hospital where someone with a wound classified as not life-threatening had been dropped off.
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According to a statement from the Chattanooga Police Department, officers arrived at the hospital and confirmed the man was shot on Ivy Street. The man said that while he was in the area, an unknown person walked up and shot him.
Police ask anyone with information regarding the incidents to call 423-698-2525 or submit a tip via the department’s mobile app. Tipsters may remain anonymous.
– Compiled by La Shawn Pagan