Six people were shot in downtown Chattanooga, Tennessee, on Saturday night, authorities said, with two of them receiving life-threatening injuries.
Officers monitoring the neighbourhood at 100 Cherry Street heard gunshots just after 11:45 p.m. and arrived to find “several individuals exchanging gunfire and numerous people fleeing the area,” according to police.
According to police Sgt. Jeremy Eames, multiple gunshot victims were taken to a hospital for treatment. He said four of the victims are expected to survive, while two have life-threatening injuries. He went on to say that the majority of those killed were teenagers or in their early twenties.
