17-year-old arrested in Nov. 8 shooting
A 17-year-old has been booked on an attempted murder charge, suspected of being the fifth suspect in a November shooting in Morgan City. It was the fifth arrest in the case.
The juvenile male of Morgan City was arrested at 3:34 p.m. Wednesday on charges of attempted first-degree murder, firearm free zone, resisting an officer, illegal possession of a stolen firearm and illegal possession of a firearm by a juvenile.
According to the Morgan City Police Department, on Nov. 8, an officer was patrolling the area of Garber Street. Officers were conducting proactive patrols due to reports of gunfire in the area earlier in the shift.
An officer observed a vehicle in the area pull up on Garber Street and firing a firearm from the vehicle. The vehicle then fled the area.
One victim was struck by gunfire and was treated at a local area hospital. The officer pursued the vehicle when the vehicle continued to flee. The vehicle fled to the area of Maple Street when five individuals exited the vehicle and fled on foot.
Officers pursued and located four of the five suspects that fled on foot. The Police Department said Terrence Scott, Raheem Green, Sterling Tillman and Deante Pharagood were arrested as reported in an earlier arrest report. One male juvenile, who was 16 at the time, fled the area and was not apprehended.
Investigators with the Morgan City Police Department Detectives Division responded. In all, investigators located and recovered five firearms, two of which were reported stolen from the Morgan City and Lafourche Parish areas. Evidence was uncovered in the investigation identifying and linking the juvenile male to the crime.
The investigation continued, and arrest warrants prepared for the juvenile male. The juvenile was located and arrested in Ascension Parish on Wednesday with assistance from the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office. The juvenile was transported to the Morgan City Police Department and detained in a juvenile detention facility awaiting court proceedings.