Teenager Killed by Officer

The Chattanooga Housing Officer involved in last's night's shooting was
responding to sounds of shots fired when he encountered an armed gunman.
Lt. Erik Reeves of the Chattanooga Housing Authority's Public Safety
Division said that he was on bike patrol around 8:40 PM in Eastlake
Courts when he heard shots fired by what sounded like at least two
different guns. Lt Reeves said he abandoned his bike to investigate when
he came upon two men in a dispute. Upon seeing Reeves, the two suspects
attempted to run into a nearby apartment but couldn't gain entry. Lt
Reeves said it was at this time that he noticed that one of the suspects
had a gun. Reeves said he gave repeated commands to drop the gun but the
suspect instead raised his gun causing Reeves to fire at him.

The suspect, identified as 15-year-old Alonzo O'Kelley Jr., was taken to
Erlanger Hospital where he died of a single gunshot wound to the upper
body. Another juvenile was taken into custody immediately after the
shooting and is believed to be connected to the initial incident.
Investigators with the Chattanooga Police Department obtained
information that O'Kelley and another juvenile were involved in a
shooting incident in the 2600 block of 4th Avenue with multiple
occupants of two vehicles just before Lt Reeves encountered them. Crime
scene investigators recovered multiple shell casings believed to have
been fired from the two vehicles and also recovered a gun believed to be
O'Kelley's.

The investigation into both shooting incidents will continue.
Information will be released as details are confirmed.