Chattanooga Cop Sgt. James Timothy Chapin Killed Responding to Armed Robbery, Officer Lorin Johnston Sr. Wounded

U.S. law enforcement has suffered another blow. Chattanooga, TN, Sgt. James Timothy Chapin, 51, died in a gun battle while responding to an armed robbery call, according the Times Free Press. Officer Lorin D. Johnston Sr. was also wounded in the incident.

Chapin, a 27-year veteran of the department worked in Delta patrol zone, which covers the U.S. Money Shops at 5952 Brainerd Road.

Investigators from the Chattanooga Police Department and other agencies are working the roped-off scene of the shootings this afternoon.

Four women huddled close to the crime-scene tape, weeping. They wouldn't say immediately who they wereor why they were there. Source: Times Free Press

It is a sad commentary that we continue to lose our police officers to gun violence. Such a tragedy. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family of the fallen and wounded officers.