Sheriff: Suspect arrested in Verdunville shooting

A 37-year-old Longville man has been charged with aggravated battery after he allegedly followed another man to Verdunville and shot the victim, St. Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert said in a news release.

Bradley Pellerin Jr., 37, of Baldwin Loop in Longville, was arrested at 5:25 p.m. Saturday on charges of aggravated battery, aggravated assault with a firearm and possession of drug paraphernalia.

At 8:19 a.m. Saturday a dispatcher received a call from a St. Mary 911 operator regarding a man who had suffered a gunshot wound to the leg. Deputies located the victim at the Centerville Market off of La. 182 in Centerville. A deputy began rendering medical aid and gathered information that the victim had allegedly been shot by Pellerin, the sheriff said.

Deputies then observed Pellerin riding in a vehicle in the area, stopped the pick-up truck, and detained him. Deputies located a glass pipe used to smoke methamphetamine on him, Hebert said. During the investigation, detectives found evidence that the victim followed Pellerin to Levee Road in Verdunville, the sheriff said.

Pellerin then exited his vehicle to confront the victim when a round was fired from a handgun striking the victim in the leg, Hebert said. The victim was transported to Franklin Foundation Hospital where he was treated and released. Pellerin was jailed with no bail set.