Arguments wrapped Wednesday afternoon in the jury trial of a Chattanooga man prosecutors accused of executing a victim in another pending case.
Jamal Adams, 34, is suspected of killing Matthew Overby, a father of six, while Overby sat in the driver’s seat of his truck off Rossville Boulevard in February 2023. Adams is charged with first-degree, premeditated murder and witness coercion, among other alleged offenses.
Prosecutor Roger Layne spent around 40 minutes in Hamilton County Criminal Court walking a jury through the evidence in the case with a slideshow, including reviewing crime scene photographs, videos, witness and expert testimony.
Layne argued in court that Adams shot Overby nine times in the head, chest and back to silence him from testifying and then fled the scene. Layne said the father was a victim in a pending aggravated assault case against Adams.
“Nine rounds into a seated, unarmed man is not an accident, it’s not a warning, and it’s not self-defense,” Layne said. “It’s an objective, and it’s one that Jamal Adams carried out.”