Six people were shot, and two of them suffered life-threatening injuries, following an altercation between two groups of people in downtown Chattanooga, Tennessee, on Saturday night, police said.
Highlights
- Police: “Multiple parties exchanging gunfire and numerous people fleeing the area” Four are expected to survive while two have life-threatening injuries, police say.
- Most of those shot were teenagers or in their early 20s, police Sgt.
- Jeremy Eames says.
- Investigators believe the shooting was not gang-related, police chief Celeste Murphy says.
- Police: Two individuals from one group started firing upon the other group, “and all of the other victims that were shot were unintended,” she says.
- The shooting happened around 11 p.m.