Emmett "D Baby" Jones and Roderick "Poo Poo" BatesA jury has found two Chattanooga men guilty of first-degree murder in the Oct. 7, 2011 shooting death of Reginald Clark, 37.
Roderick "Poo Poo" Bates and Emmett "D Baby" Jones, both 27, were charged with first-degree murder and especially aggravated burglary in Clark's death.
Both were sentenced to life in prison.
In the week-long trial, witnesses who said the shooting occurred after an altercation at the Fire and Ice nightclub on Market Street.
Materrius Daniel, Clark's friend, complimented a woman at the club on how she looked. She poured a drink on him. A short time later Bates approached Daniel, saying he'd insulted his girlfriend.
During the interaction, Clark got involved and at one point pulled up his shirt to reveal a handgun in his waistband.
After the men left the club, Clark and his friends went to his 1644 Greenwood Drive home.
Witnesses later told police that Bates and Jones came into Clark's home. Bates said something about the incident at the club and then the pair shot and killed Clark.
For more see tomorrow's Times Free Press.