Shreveport Police Dept.
Date: September 28, 2004
Phone: 318/673-6932 Fax: 318/673-6933
Contact: Sgt. Jim Taliaferro, Public Information Officer
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SPD Make Arrests in Clanton Shooting
Shreveport Police have arrested three men in connection with last night’s shooting spree which left an innocent five year old fighting for her life.
At approximately 8:36 PM, Tommiezure Johnson, b/f, 5 yoa, was inside her residence, 1501 Clanton, when the suspects fired shots from an assault rifle into her house striking her in the torso. She was immediately taken by private auto to LSUMC where surgery was performed and she is listed in good condition.
Shreveport Police responded to the shooting in the 1500 block of Clanton and according to numerous witnesses, this has been an ongoing feud between the two families for years. Follow up investigation and subsequent interviews of Clanton residents enabled identification and arrest of the shooting suspects.
Arrested for Attempted 1st Degree Homicide are:
Edward Lattin, b/m, 18.
Frankie Johnson, b/m, 39
Antonio Lattin, b/m, 19
Suspects were booked into CCC.
-spd-
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