The night of July 12, after four people were shot outside the Tyner Community Center, a yellow-tinted full moon hung low over Chattanooga. From the side parking lot of the Chattanooga Police Department’s downtown precinct, Sgt. Randy Raulston pulled on his vest and glanced over at the sky.
“There might be some retaliatory gang violence,” he said, looking for a second vest in his unmarked SUV. “It’s a good night for a ride-along.”
Raulston, 51, who has over 30 years of policing experience, said first responders tend to notice when the full moon is out.
“It brings out a different kind of person,” he said, watching his words. “I don’t know what it is, but it does.”
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