Travien Dinner Reddick

An arrest has been made in a violent home invasion in East Brainerd four years ago in which one of the intruders was shot 10 times and killed.

The hail of bullets included multiple gunshots that entered a home across Standifer Gap Road occupied by a woman and her 14-year-old daughter. One shot went just above the pillow where the woman had been sleeping before she and her daughter fell to the floor.

Investigators built a case against Travien Cenar Reddick, 23, of Jackson, Tennessee, earlier, but state police did not arrest him until Friday in Nashville.

Sheriff’s Detective Jason Maucere said the incident involved three members of a violent West Tennessee gang who came to Chattanooga for a robbery where a former gang member lived with his cousin.

The cousin, Travist Patrick, killed one of the intruders, Antoine Allen, inside his home, and engaged in a shootout with the other two intruders before firing multiple shots at their vehicle as they sped off.

On October 28, 2020, a panicked 911 caller said, “I need the police at 8500 Standifer Gap Road…someone’s shooting!” A woman could be heard saying someone came into the house and started shooting Patrick and “he’s lying here.” Patrick told the dispatcher, “He’s on the ground… We don’t need the ambulance… dead guy. We need the police ASAP.”

The woman across the street then called and said, “They shot through my window. I’m too scared to look out, but the glass is broken and several shots were fired through my window.”

Detectives spoke with a man on Gable Brook Drive, in the direction the getaway car was headed. One resident said a black man wearing a navy shirt and dark pants knocked on his door and asked to use the phone. He said his name was “Trey” and that he was trying to contact someone named “Zay.” He tried to call, but got no answer.

Officers arriving at 8500 Standifer Gap Road found a man dead in the kitchen. They detained Patrick, who said he had shot the man in self-defense. He said he had shot two other people: one who left on foot and the other in a car.

Detectives found numerous firearms visible in the master bedroom and saw a large number of shell casings in the residence’s driveway, hallway, and master bedroom.

Outside the residence was a gray 2020 Dodge Charger with a cell phone on top of the rear trunk and another on the roof of the vehicle. Inside the Charger, detectives found four large metal containers filled with large bags of marijuana.

A Romarm Mini-Draco AK-47 pistol that had been used by Antoine Allen was found inside the residence. Detectives also observed a .40 caliber Glock 23C pistol with the slide locked back (indicating it had been fired and had run out of ammunition). A CZ Scorpion 9mm carbine was also found on the bed in the master bedroom.

There was a pool of blood running from the bedroom to the kitchen.

On November 2, 2020, there was a narcotics search at 8500 Standifer Gap Road, where Patrick lived with five other people. 270 pounds of high-quality THC vaporizers valued at $300,000 were seized.

Authorities said Patrick was initially uncooperative, but said he agreed to tell the full story in a meeting at his attorney’s office.

He acknowledged that he was dedicated to the sale of illegal drugs and cell phones. He said that on the night of the shooting he had arranged to meet someone at the Tiger Market gas station on Jenkins Road. He had to sell a “weed zip” and an Apple iPhone. He said the meeting was arranged via Snapchat and that he would be meeting Antoine Allen.

Patrick said he drove to Tiger Market in his girlfriend’s white Lincoln MKZ. He said when an older model brown Chevrolet Malibu pulled up, Allen got out armed with an AK-47 pistol. He said a second person wearing a ski mask emerged from the Malibu armed with a black Glock pistol. He said a third person, also wearing a ski mask, was driving the Malibu.

He said Allen sat in the front passenger seat of his vehicle and put the AK-47 to his head, while the second person sat in the back seat and put the Glock to his head. He was forced to drive back to his residence followed by Malibu.

Patrick said when they returned that Allen forced him into the house to rob him, while the second man followed him.

He said that when they got to his room, Allen told him, “Give us everything you have or we’re going to kill everyone in the house.”

Patrick said Allen became momentarily distracted by admiring all the guns in the bedroom, and took the opportunity to grab a loaded Glock from his bed and begin shooting at Allen, who fled to the kitchen.

Patrick said he engaged the second person in a gunfight at the front door and then fired several shots at the fleeing car.

No charges were filed against Patrick for reasons of self-defense.

Sergeant. Maucere was notified by an officer with the Alamo, Tennessee, Police Department about a shooting that occurred there, which he said he believed was revenge for Allen’s murder. He said he believed both incidents were gang related.

He said Antoine Allen had been part of a criminal gang in Crokett County known as the GetBack Gang.

The shooting occurred on Christmas Day and involved numerous shots fired at a home belonging to a man who is the father of the cousin who left the gang and went to live with Patrick in Chattanooga.

Alamo police said the GetBack Gang had numerous violent videos on YouTube depicting Allen and other members. A video, made after the Chattanooga shooting, remembered Allen and threatened those involved in his death.

A Chevrolet Malibu that matched the description of the one used by the invaders was seized in Crockett County. It belonged to Reddick, identified as a member of the GetBack Gang. He had bullet damage consistent with the shots fired by Patrick.