UPDATE: Man convicted of deadly 2021 shooting at Sky Zoo Bar granted new trial rescheduled
Mrkonjic made an appearance in court Thursday, January 11 to discuss terms for beginning a new trial.
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Mrkonjic made an appearance in court Thursday, January 11 to discuss terms for beginning a new trial.
Mrkonjic made an appearance in court Thursday, January 11 to discuss terms for beginning a new trial.
According to the Hamilton County Criminal Court docket, 31-year-old Kristijan Mrkonjic was convicted of one count of first degree premeditated murder.
A Chattanooga man was found guilty of fatally shooting a man and injuring a second man in an alleged dispute over a woman after a late-night argument at the parking lot of the Sky Zoo bar in 2021.
Police Said Shooter At Skyzoo Parking Lot Declined Fist Fight; Pulled Gun And Told Man "You're Gonna Die" Friday, June 4, 2021 Police said a murder outside the Skyzoo bar on Lee Highway came after a heated argument between two men over a woman "that they both had a relationship with." Police said Eric Charles Grant, II, 32, challenged Kristijian Mrkonjic to a fight, but Mrkonjic told him, "Nah, m----- f-----, you're gonna die." He then pulled a pistol out of his waistband and shot Grant and a man who was with him, 45-year-old Marking Vaughn, multiple times. Grant died after being tak...