Suspect wanted in connection with Algiers shooting in custody following Terrytown standoff

TERRYTOWN, La. (WGNO) — A team of U.S. Marshals took a suspect who was wanted in connection with a shooting that left an 8-year-old girl wounded in Algiers on Monday, May 12, into custody.

On Tuesday, May 13, U.S. Marshals told WGNO that they arrived at a Terrytown hotel around 12 p.m. and attempted to negotiate the wanted person out of a second-floor room.

WGNO reporters at the scene say Marshals used a bullhorn several times, telling him that they have a search warrant and he needs to exit the room.

Around 4 p.m., Marshals broke the window to the room, and the suspect and another person surrendered peacefully.

“We tried to negotiate them for several hours, negotiate with the people in the room some of the family members of the other person in the room responded also pleaded with the people in the room, and we finally had to break a window and at that point they finally surrendered about two or three minutes later I’m extremely happy it ended peacefully. We tried to resolve every situation like this with a peaceful surrender,” said Deputy U.S. Marshal Brian Fair.

The man was wanted on charges of attempted second-degree murder and illegal use of a weapon.

The other person in the room has not been charged.

This is a developing story. Stay with WGNO as we learn more.

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