Chattanooga Police have charged a man in the homicide of a woman who was found shot to death in North Chattanooga.
David Fritts, 43, is charged in the slaying of 48-year-old Angela Young.
Fritts is charged with criminal homicide and felony unlawful possession of a firearm.
He is currently in custody in Monroe County, N.Y. awaiting extradition to Tennessee.
On Jan. 26 at approximately 12:33 p.m., Chattanooga Police officers responded to 605 Merriam St. on an unconscious person.
Police arrived at this location and were advised of a woman unresponsive inside the home. First responders quickly determined she was deceased from an apparent gunshot injury.
Given the nature of her injury, the case was being investigated as a homicide, police said at the time.