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Police respond to a shooting at Miller Auto Sales.

Chattanooga police are currently responding to two shootings.

Around 1:53 p.m. a masked black man entered Miller Auto Sales at 4314 Rossville Blvd. with a gun and attempted to rob the business.

The person who was working shot the suspect twice in the chest, police said. The shooter has not been identified by police.

The suspect, who also has not been identified, is in surgery, said Sgt. Scott Bales. He said that there were two other witnesses to the robbery who were in the shop at the time.

Bales added that it's too early to say whether or not the shooting was justified.

Larry Essex, a customer at Miller Auto Sales, said that the owner of the shop always kept a gun handy. He said robberies happen often near Rossville Blvd and that he doesn't blame the worker for shooting the would-be robber.

"I'd have shot him too," he said.

The second incident was reported in College Hill Courts around 1:40 p.m., police said. A black man was shot once and taken to a hospital for non-life threatening wounds.

A potential suspect is in custody in that case, police said.

The two incidents are unrelated, said Lt. Glenn Scruggs.

Stay with the Times Free Press for updates on this developing story.

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