Vernon Parish Sheriff Sam Craft says a man has been arrested after he shot his girlfriend with a shotgun early Monday morning. It happened shortly before 6:00 at a residence on
According to Craft, the 40-year-old woman suffered a very serious injury and was taken by private-auto to a hospital in Oakdale and then transferred to a hospital in Rapides Parish where she is listed in stable condition.
Sheriff Craft said investigators spoke to the woman and the boyfriend, 42-year-old Zeth Thompson, who told them that they heard a noise outside, so he went outside armed with a shotgun. Craft said Thompson told investigators that he saw a “silhouette”, so he fired a shot. However, it was the woman that he shot.
Thompson was arrested and charged with Attempted Second Degree Murder and Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon.
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