A man arrested in connection with the August homicide of a Chattanooga man reportedly took off his court-ordered ankle monitor and retrieved a stolen car before the shooting, according to police reports.
Samuel Askins, 19, was arrested Thursday and faces charges of first-degree murder and criminal conspiracy in connection with the homicide. His brother, Caleb Askins, 20, was charged with criminal conspiracy. Two male 16-year-olds were also charged in the incident, police said, and taken to the Hamilton County Juvenile Detention Center.
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Warren Crutcher, 48, died from the shooting early Aug. 30, police said. He was found on the porch of a North Chattanooga home with gunshot wounds in his chest, according to an affidavit in the case.
Crutcher, who went by Kojack, was a Chattanooga native, according to an obituary posted on social media by the John P. Franklin Funeral Home.