Authorities in Bradley County have charged a man in connection with a suspected homicide that happened on Lowery Street on Tuesday.
Christopher John Taylor, 28, was the subject of a brief manhunt Tuesday but was taken into custody later in the day on a charge of second-degree murder, according to the Bradley County Sheriff’s Office in Cleveland. The investigation began when deputies responded to a reported assault in progress at a Lowery Street home, but Taylor had fled the scene before any officers got there.
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The victim in the incident has not been identified, but agency spokesperson Lt. Robert Jones said Tuesday in a follow-up email the person who died was a man. Jones said more information would be released later.
Detectives with the agency’s criminal investigation division assumed the investigation after the initial call, the Sheriff’s Office said. Detectives interviewed witnesses at the scene.