Shreveport Police Department
PO Box P • Shreveport, LA 71161 • 318/673-6932 • Fax: 318/673-6933
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: Aug. 7, 2002
Contact: Kacee Hargrave, Public Information Officer
318/673-6932
Woman arrested for murder
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A Shreveport woman has been charged in connection with a shooting in the 500 block of Oriole Lane this afternoon.
Joan B. Edgar, 61, of the 100 block of Hammerly Drive has been charged with first-degree murder for allegedly shooting her daughter and two granddaughters, ages 1 and 3.
All three victims were transported to LSU Hospital. The 3-year-old later died. The 1 year-old and her 32-year-old mother are clinging to life at LSU Hospital. Out of respect for the family, their names are not being released at this time.
The cause of the shooting is currently under investigation, but it seems that Edgar took a large-caliber handgun and reportedly shot the victims in the chest and abdomen area.
Edgar was taken into custody shortly after the shootings. She will be booked into the Caddo Correctional Center.
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