ABITA SPRINGS, La. — Authorities say a Covington man is in custody following a shooting Wednesday afternoon in the Abita Nursery subdivision near Abita Springs, La.
According to the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office, deputies were dispatched to the intersection of Highway 36 and Nursery Street after receiving a call that a man had been shot while driving in the area.
The sheriff's office said detectives learned that 20-year-old Jacolby Howard was riding in a car and at some point got out of the vehicle and fired at another car. One man suffered a non-life-threatening gunshot wound and was later taken to a hospital. A passenger in the man's car was not injured.
Howard was booked into the St. Tammany Parish Correctional Center for two counts of attempted murder and one count each of aggravated criminal damage and illegal discharge of a weapon.
“I applaud our detectives who work swiftly and thoroughly to make a quick arrest in this case,” Sheriff Randy Smith said. “We will not tolerate this kind of senseless violence in St. Tammany Parish.”
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