A Chattanooga man and an East Ridge woman were arrested Tuesday and charged with criminal homicide after police allegedly tied them to the fatal shooting of a 26-year-old man at an East Ridge Waffle House, police said.
Toney Tyrone Allen, 37, and Cyntoria Deanna Simmons, 43, were arrested in connection with the Jan. 18 shooting on Ringgold Road in East Ridge, according to a press release.
The East Ridge Police Department responded to reports of shots fired at the Waffle House, and investigators found Mayco Bravo Gonzalez, 26, with multiple life-threatening gunshot wounds. He was transferred to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Police said video footage confirmed witness statements that Allen and Simmons entered the restaurant to order food, spoke to Gonzalez and then exited the eatery. Allen then allegedly reentered with a firearm and shot Gonzalez, who was seated, multiple times in the back. Simmons also allegedly reentered brandishing a gun, the press release said, but she did not fire at the victim.
Allen and Simmons were not yet booked as of Tuesday evening, according to online Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office records.