Chattanooga Police shoot suspect

Chattanooga Police shoot suspect

Chattanooga Police say an officer shot a man who waived a gun at them this morning.

Don't know yet how badly they were her course our news 12 dorothy sherman is on the scene bringing more information as we learn sent to morenews 12's winston reed is le from standifer gap road where that incident happened.

Residents here at the element apartment complex gave mix reaction from what they've seen and heard early this morning.

Reports indicate a suspect is now in critical condition following a domestic dispute.

Chattanooga police responded to a domestic disorder with a weapon call around eight a-m.

According to authorities, a woman was hiding from a suspect armed with a gun at the elements apartment complex off standifer gap road.

News 12 had a chance to speak with residents.

"i spoke to one of my neighbors.

He saw that the roads were all blocked off.

Some of the parking lot was blocked off.

He was talking to the cops.

Cops said that he was waving a gun in the air."

Cpd confirms that officer encountered the armed suspect, who was waving a hand gun in a threatening manner.

Shots were soon fired, striking the suspect, who is now dealing with life threatening injuries.

"the cops said, 'you live here'.

I said 'yeah'.

He said 'go back in your apartment.'" james baldwin, who lives at the elements apartments, says shootings are not common in his neighborhood.

"this is the first shooting that we've had in four years that i know of -that i've been here."

"what i hear was three gunshots going off and later and then later i see sirens coming in through my bedroom window."

Ryan christa, who's only lived in the complex for a couple months, says he's alarmed and feels a little unsafe.

"it definitely puts me in a shock to know it happened so close."

No officers were injured during the incident but all officers involved will be put on administrative leave pending an investigatin by the hamilton county sheriff's office.

Reporting in hamilton county, winston reed, news