Two men arrested in Nov. 12 shooting on U.S. 90

Staff Report

Patterson police have arrested two men believed to have been involved in a Nov. 12 shooting involving vehicles driving west on U.S. 90 in Patterson.

The two men have been booked on attempted murder charges.

Arrested were:

--Desmond K. Young, 22, Joseph Street, Morgan City, at 3:26 p.m. Friday on charges of attempted second-degree murder, discharging a firearm in the city limits, two counts of hit and run, and reckless operation with accident.

--Braylen A. Kemp, 18, Charlotte Drive, Patterson, at 3:26 p.m. Friday on charges of attempted second-degree murder, discharging a firearm in the city limits, two counts of hit and run, and reckless operation with accident.

Young and Kemp are incarcerated at the Patterson PD Jail with no bond set.

The two men were believed to have been in a vehicle from which shots were fired at a second vehicle, which overturned on U.S. 90, sending one of two occupants to a local hospital.

Police originally believed the two vehicles exchanged gunfire, based on bullet holes found in the vehicle carrying Young and Kemp.

But “the bullet holes were found in that vehicle were old, old, old,” Police Chief Garrett Grogan said.

Now investigators believe all the shots came from the vehicle carrying Young and Kemp.

Grogan said the two occupants of the vehicle that overturned probably won’t be charged in the case. The motive for the shooting remains unknown.

“We’re still trying to figure out what [the motive] was,” Grogan said. “Whatever it was, it started in Morgan City.”

Police believe the car that overturned was headed to Charenton at the time of the shooting.

In Louisiana, attempted second-degree murder carries a maximum sentence of 50 years at hard labor.