PA Bill Number: HB1236

Title: In assault, further providing for the offense of assault of law enforcement officer; and making editorial changes.

Description: In assault, further providing for the offense of assault of law enforcement officer; and making editorial changes. ...

Last Action: Referred to JUDICIARY

Last Action Date: Apr 17, 2025

Tennessee Self-Defense: Police: Suspect shot after failed home invasion Saturday :: 01/30/2018

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Chattanooga police say a man was shot after he attempted to break into a home on Howell road.

Police say the incident happened just before 11:30 p.m. Saturday.

Officers were called to a home at the 4300 block of Howell Road after receiving a call for a home invasion.

When they arrived, police found the victims inside the home.

Neither of them had been injured.

Officers say the suspect, 21-year-old Damean Jones, entered the home with a gun.

Shots were fired at the suspect and he ran away from the home.

A short time after the attempted home invasion, police received a call that a man had arrived at a local hospital with multiple gunshot wounds.

Police determined the man in the hospital, Damean Jones, had attempted the home invasion.

Jones will be charged with aggravated assault and aggravated batter.