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Foster recovering after shooting
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Police officers gather in the front yard of 108 Center Street where Gerald Medley fatally shot himself in the head after shooting his caregiver twice.
A man took his own life after shooting his caregiver late Wednesday evening inside their home on Center Street. The shooter, Gerald Medley, 87, died at the scene from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. His victim, Melissa Foster, 52 remains under treatment at Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga for gunshot wounds to the head and back.