One killed in West 38th Street shooting
A large crowd of people gathered around the yellow crime scene tape surrounding a corner store parking lot in the 100 block of West 38th Street Sunday evening.
Police did not release the name or age of the victim before press time. They still were working to notify the victim’s family. Police did confirm that a male had been shot and died at the scene.
The body was draped in a pink sheet and could be seen from the street. The wind carried the cries and screams of a woman mourning the loss of her loved one. Police ran to hold another woman back after she crossed the tape, determined to reach the body.
A group of women huddled together on the sidewalk comforting their friend who was crying almost inconsolably.
The scene unfolded one block away from the Bethlehem Center, a youth and family development center in
Alton Park. Several children were among the crowd of onlookers.
At 9 p.m., the crime scene still was active and investigators were still at work. Chattanooga police Sgt. Adam Emery said crime scene investigators would be on scene for a few more hours and homicide detectives would be working much longer, possibly up to a day or more.
Sunday’s shooting death marks Chattanooga’s sixth homicide this year.
Emery asked anyone with any information to call the police department’s homicide tip line, 423-643-5100. Callers can remain anonymous.