On 07/29/2019 at approximately 1:40 p.m. Center Police Department Officers responded to a call of semi-automatic gunfire in the area of Kindle St. Upon arrival Officers witnessed a burgundy Yukon and a blue Chevrolet Lumina car, leaving the scene at a high rate of speed.

 

One officer pursued the blue car to the area of Netherly St. were 5 black male subjects exited the car and ran into the adjacent wooded area. A later inventory of the car revealed several weapons including a semi-automatic AR-15 assault rifle.

 

The other officer pursued the burgundy Yukon from the City of Center into Louisiana, where Desoto Parish Deputies took the lead and were able to lay out spike strips on FM 3015 in Desoto Parish, near the city of Mansfield La. 
    
The four suspects in the Yukon were arrested without incident and transported to Desoto Parish jail. An inventory of the Yukon did reveal one semi-automatic Ak-47 assault rifle with 2 magazines.

 

One victim sustained a wound to the neck as a result of the gunfire.

 

We urge anyone with any additional information concerning this act of violence to please notify the Center Police department at 936-598-2788.

 

 

On July 29, 2019, there was a high-speed chase that started in Shelby County, the chase ended in Grand Cane, Lousiana. 

 

Around mid-day, the Center Police Department began the chase of four individuals in a vehicle, with multiple other agencies joining in the pursuit including the Tenaha Police Department, DeSoto Parish Sheriff's Office and possibly other law enforcement agencies as well. The DeSoto Parish Sheriff's Office received a call out of Shelby County regarding the chase a little before 2 p.m. 

 

The fleeing vehicle was stopped near the corner of Screamerville Road and Highway 3015 in Grand Cane, Louisiana after traffic spikes strips were deployed. Four individuals were arrested. The subjects Howard Latin Jr. 33, Marvez Latin 31, Tarrius White 26 and Latrina Shawntay Wiggins 34 were booked into the DeSoto Parish Detention Center by law enforcement officers. 

 

 

 

Subjects arrested photos from the DeSoto Parish Sheriff's Office website