Shreveport Police Department
PO Box P • Shreveport, LA 71161 • 318/673-6932 • Fax: 318/673-6933
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: March 27, 2002
Contact: Kacee Hargrave, Public Information Officer
318/673-6932
Murder suspect arrested in Cedar Grove
Shreveport police arrested a man wanted for a murder at the Jewella Fast Mart.
John A. Thomas was arrested without incident at a house near the intersection of 59th and Dowdell streets.
As Thomas exited the home and was taken into custody, the house caught on fire. The Shreveport Police Department was called to put out the blaze. No one was inside the home, and no one was injured.
Police had been searching for Thomas since the March 19 murder of 38-year-old Mohammed Yousef. Yousef was shot and killed after he allegedly asked Thomas to leave the store.
The Office of Special Investigations learned of Thomas’ whereabouts today.
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