Police arrest man in connection with cop car shooting

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Police arrest man in connection with cop car shooting

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CHATTANOOGA, TN (WRCB) -- Chattanooga Police have arrested a man in the shooting of an officer's patrol car.

Police arrested 22-year-old Samuel Lemorris Ervin. Ervin is accused of shooting an officer's patrol car five times when the officer was responding to a call on Fagan Street.

The officer was not injured.

Ervin was charged with aggravated assault, reckless endangerment, and unlawful possession of a weapon. He was also arrested on an outstanding warrant for violation of state probation.

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