Leonard Driver, a 27-year-old male from Chattanooga, Tennessee, died after a shooting in the early hours of April 27, 2026. Online memorial information identified him as the person lost to gun violence that day in Chattanooga, while police and local reporting described the victim as a 27-year-old man found after officers were called to the 1500 block of Hickory Valley Road.
The violence unfolded just after midnight at an apartment complex.
Chattanooga police said officers were sent to the area for a “person shot” call, and when they arrived they found the victim in a hallway between apartment units. According to reporting that cited an affidavit, he had been shot several times. Police initially described him as deceased at the scene in a hallway between units, while another local report said he later died at the hospital.
Investigators later described a chaotic scene inside and around the apartment building. According to the affidavit details reported online, officers found a trail of blood leading from an apartment into a second-floor hallway. They also found shell casings and bullet damage in nearby walls. A witness reportedly told police that the suspect and victim had argued earlier at another location before returning to the apartment complex, suggesting the confrontation may have begun before the fatal shots were fired.
Police identified the suspect as 21-year-old Randall Brady. During questioning, investigators said Brady admitted to shooting the victim. Brady reportedly told police he believed the victim may have had a gun and said he grabbed a Glock 43X from under a pillow before firing. He claimed he fired after being struck by a shell casing and believed a first shot had already been fired. Investigators, however, said the physical evidence did not fully support that version of events. Detectives noted that bullet damage in the hallway suggested shots were fired as the victim was moving away from the suspect.
Police also found a black backpack outside the building containing the handgun believed to have been used in the shooting. Brady was arrested and booked in Hamilton County on April 27, 2026. He was charged with second-degree murder, possession of a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony, reckless endangerment, and tampering with or fabricating evidence. He was held at the Hamilton County Jail and Detention Center after his arrest.
As of the available online reports, the case remained in the early stages, and authorities emphasized that the charges were accusations, not proof of guilt. Chattanooga police asked anyone with information about the Hickory Valley Road homicide to contact investigators. No trial, conviction, or final court outcome was available in the sources reviewed.
