Tyrone N. Butts
APE Reporter
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Five-year-old girl shot in the back in neighborhood feud
A 5-year-old girl fell victim on Monday night to at least two days of shootings involving a feud between neighbors, Shreveport police said. And neighbors say they are expecting the violence to continue.
The girl, Tominesha Johnson, was undergoing surgery at LSU Hospital in Shreveport late Monday, according to her grandmother, Brenda Johnson.
Meanwhile, police scoured the 1400 and 1500 blocks of Clanton Street finding evidence in the form of bullet casings from multiple weapon
, blown-out car windows, bullet holes in the walls of homes and Tominesha's blood in the back room of 1501 Clanton St.
Police confirmed three men were shot late Sunday night, but none had life
-threatening injuries, spokesman Sgt. Jim Taliaferro said
. No arrests have been made in any of the shootings.
The explosive, common sound of gunfire on Clanton Street was replaced by the mournful, angry wail of family members after the 8:35 p.m. shooting and the smell of garbage set to the curb for a Tuesday morning pickup intermixed with the dizzying effect of the twirling lights from at least 10 police cruisers.
"My grandbaby was bleeding and I don't know what happened after that," said 67-year-old Cleola Johnson, Tominesha's great-grandmother.
Quinita Williams, 19, was on the front porch when bullets from rifles and handguns aimed from the 1400 block of Clanton Street came crashing into the house. Williams said everybody who stays at the h
ouse where the girl was shot knows to run to the back room of the house when the shooting starts.
But this time, the shooters ran around to the back and opened fire into where the family was
hid
ing, Williams said.
"And after that little girl got shot, they was still shoo
ting," she said. She said later that she expected the shootings would continue.
Police say they have received little cooperation from people who are living with the violence. It is not clear what the dispute is about between the neighbors, Taliaferro said, but it has been going on for some time.
"This has been going on the last two nights," Sgt. Jonathan Reich said, holding a shotgun with an orange pump action high in the air.
Police had already responded to a call of shots fired at 4:31 p.m., but no one had been hit then.
"This has been going on for two days," Keyanna Sessions, 23, of the 1400 block of Clanton Street. "They (the police) been down here four
times. I don't understand why they didn't do nothing. How do they not arrest anyone?"
With one arm holding up her head, Cleola Johnson sat in front of her home with
its shot
-up windows and bullet holes in the paint.
"I just hope my little granddaughter be all right," she said.
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For the love of
God and country, wake up America and smell the negro!
T.N.B.
Five-year-old girl shot in the back in neighborhood feud
A 5-year-old girl fell victim on Monday night to at least two days of shootings involving a feud between neighbors, Shreveport police said. And neighbors say they are expecting the violence to continue.
The girl, Tominesha Johnson, was undergoing surgery at LSU Hospital in Shreveport late Monday, according to her grandmother, Brenda Johnson.
Meanwhile, police scoured the 1400 and 1500 blocks of Clanton Street finding evidence in the form of bullet casings from multiple weapon
, blown-out car windows, bullet holes in the walls of homes and Tominesha's blood in the back room of 1501 Clanton St.
Police confirmed three men were shot late Sunday night, but none had life
-threatening injuries, spokesman Sgt. Jim Taliaferro said
. No arrests have been made in any of the shootings.
The explosive, common sound of gunfire on Clanton Street was replaced by the mournful, angry wail of family members after the 8:35 p.m. shooting and the smell of garbage set to the curb for a Tuesday morning pickup intermixed with the dizzying effect of the twirling lights from at least 10 police cruisers.
"My grandbaby was bleeding and I don't know what happened after that," said 67-year-old Cleola Johnson, Tominesha's great-grandmother.
Quinita Williams, 19, was on the front porch when bullets from rifles and handguns aimed from the 1400 block of Clanton Street came crashing into the house. Williams said everybody who stays at the h
ouse where the girl was shot knows to run to the back room of the house when the shooting starts.
But this time, the shooters ran around to the back and opened fire into where the family was
hid
ing, Williams said.
"And after that little girl got shot, they was still shoo
ting," she said. She said later that she expected the shootings would continue.
Police say they have received little cooperation from people who are living with the violence. It is not clear what the dispute is about between the neighbors, Taliaferro said, but it has been going on for some time.
"This has been going on the last two nights," Sgt. Jonathan Reich said, holding a shotgun with an orange pump action high in the air.
Police had already responded to a call of shots fired at 4:31 p.m., but no one had been hit then.
"This has been going on for two days," Keyanna Sessions, 23, of the 1400 block of Clanton Street. "They (the police) been down here four
times. I don't understand why they didn't do nothing. How do they not arrest anyone?"
With one arm holding up her head, Cleola Johnson sat in front of her home with
its shot
-up windows and bullet holes in the paint.
"I just hope my little granddaughter be all right," she said.
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For the love of
God and country, wake up America and smell the negro!
T.N.B.
