The Toll

Tracking Chattanooga's Homicides

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Talitha Bowman


Date: 01/07/15


Gender: Female


Age: 20


Race: Black


Time: 1 a.m.


Suspect(s): Cortez Sims, 17


Status: Suspect arrested

What happened:

Talitha Bowman, 20, is shot and killed in an apartment in College Hill Courts. Three other people are injured, including a 1-year-old baby, Zoey Duncan, who survives but is paralyzed from the waist down. Police believe 17-year-old Cortez Sims is the shooter. He is charged as an adult after a short manhunt.


Read more:

• Seven days into 2015, three people have been shot to death, and a critically wounded 1-year-old clings to life
• 'She will walk again': Zoey's family prays while search for shooter goes on
• BREAKING: Chattanooga murder suspect Cortez Sims, 17, arrested after two-day search
• One-year-old's rescuers recall chaotic night of shooting
• Chattanooga toddler paralyzed by bullet pushes forward one year after attack
• Family remembers slain daughter as 2015 shooting case winds through court
• Black hoodie now at center of Cortez Sims murder trial
• New court date set for accused killer Cortez Sims
• Cortez Sims, accused in quadruple shooting, wants a new attorney

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