Yesterday the Chattanooga Police responded to reports of shots fired off of Ocoee St. Further investigations found that a juvenile was struck by gunfire when two unidentified individuals began shooting at one another. Chattanooga police took Gary Cross into custody on outstanding warrants and booked him into the Hamilton County Jail.
Cross, police said, was involved in a multiple person shooting in the 2000 block of Ocoee Street on Feb. 21.
The wounded 14-year-old told police that he and a friend were walking down the block that day when a man sitting on the front porch shot at them. Both boys bolted before one realized he had been shot in the leg.
At the home, police found an empty .22-caliber shell casing on the porch, records show. And homeowner, Sheniqua Cal, allowed officers to search the home, where they found a .22-caliber rifle tucked behind a bookcase. Cal told police she didn't know about the firearm, records show.
Gary CrossSurveillance footage from a nearby home showed Cross, a confirmed gang members, walking up at 12:32 p.m. and shooting several rounds toward Dominique Cal's home.
A minute later, Cal pops into view, armed with what appears to be the .22-caliber rifle, before running back inside. Three minutes later, the footage shows both boys who were fired at fleeing down Roanoke Avenue.
On Feb. 26, police added Cross, a target of the Violence Reduction Initiative, to Hamilton County's Top-12 Most Wanted List.
VRI, the city's $1 million anti-gang initiative, has netted 263 known gang members and associates since it launched about two years ago.