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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Aug 21, 2023

Hamilton County District Attorney Coty Wamp’s office has released surveillance footage of a shooting that killed an alleged offender Aug. 11 at a Speedway in Chattanooga, WDEF reports. City police officers were seeking to serve warrants on several individuals, including Roger Heard Jr., who were suspected of a number of criminal activities. Police located Heard at the gas station and when they attempted to approach his vehicle, Heard shot an officer, wounding him in the arm. Police then killed Heard, a Black man, which lead to calls from community members for a full investigation, AP reports. Police say they later found a large amount of cash, approximately one pound of marijuana and a stolen firearm on Heard, who as a previously convicted felon should not have been in possession of a firearm.