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Victim Identified In Tunnel Blvd. Shooting

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Channel: WTVC NewsChannel 9 · 2012 · News & Politics

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Police are investigating an early morning shooting that left a man dead.Police say they responded to a home around 8:30 Sunday on the 200 block of Tunnel Boulevard. They found 29-year-old Darrell Lane dead in the driveway. And police are saying, they believe it was not random."There have been several witnesses that not only saw it, but a lot of people heard the gunshots this morning," says Nathan Hartwig with the Chattanooga Police Department.Neighbors at the scene tell NewsChannel9 they heard anywhere from five to six gunshots when it happened."Investigators have been told that another black male, suspect, is the one that shot him and that he had fled the scene in a silver hatchback," says Hartwig.A shooting that police believe, is not random."The victim was targeted by the suspect. There's no indication that it's gang related but we do believe that he was targeted," says Hartwig."I lost my brother fifteen years ago to a senseless act of violence. And you know, it just breaks my heart," says Pamela Hennessee, who used to grow up in the Tunnel Boulevard area.Hennessee tells us she didn't see much violence growing up. Today, she says safety is her number one concern, leaving Hennessee hoping for change."I hope that the community will rally around them, and we find out what actually happened, any maybe put some things In place to hopefully avoid this in the future," says Hennessee.The Chattanooga Police Department is urging anyone with information about the shooting to contact them.You can depend on us for the latest in this developing story.

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