*A Tennessee businessman was fatally shot by a career criminal in downtown Chattanooga on Thursday night.
As the New York Post reports, Christopher Wright, 38, a father of three, was on his way to Baylor School for his class’s 20th-anniversary reunion when he encountered Darryl Roberts (aka Too Tall), a man with 66 prior arrests.
Surveillance of the incident shows Wright talking to Roberts, 57, and another man before walking away. But when Wright turns around to say something to the two men, Roberts walks up and shoots him in the head, police said.
Wright succumbed to his injuries at a nearby hospital.
Roberts fled the scene after the shooting but was apprehended by police the following day.
Christopher Wright (38) is a father of 3 who owns a small business in TN.
Last week he was shot and killed by Darryl Roberts, who had 66 prior arrests.
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Per the Post, “Despite being arrested more than five dozen times, records show that Roberts never served more than six months behind bars,” the outlet writes.
Roberts is charged with first-degree murder and is being held at the Hamilton County Jail on a $5 million bond.
“The Baylor School community is heartbroken to learn of the sudden death of Christopher Wright ’03, who would have celebrated his 20th class reunion this weekend with his fellow classmates,” Chris Angel, the Baylor School president wrote in a statement, according to the Post. “Our thoughts and prayers are with Chris and his family for their devastating loss.”
As the Post reports, Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly called the shooting “an isolated, senseless, and brazen act of gun violence.”
“The sad reality is that sometimes proactive policing only goes so far, particularly when you’re dealing with the kind of person who would commit a murderous act of apparent rage in front of witnesses on the steps of his own apartment building under the blue light of a well-known public safety camera,” Kelly said in a statement.
Wright’s family has raised nearly $400,000 through a GoFundMe page.
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