[StBernard] Violet teen booked with attempted first-degree murder

[Westley Annis]

Violet teen booked with attempted first-degree murder

Published: Tuesday, July 10, 2012, 7:30 PM

 By Times-Picayune Staff 

A Violet teenager was booked with attempted first-degree murder Sunday in
connection with a shooting last month, the St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's
Office said. Eugene McLeod, 17, was found by sheriff's deputies Sunday after
a judge issued a warrant for his arrest on the attempted-murder charge, the
sheriff's office said. He is jailed in lieu of $120,000 bail.

On June 26, McLeod allegedly shot at, but didn't hit, another man in what
sheriff's officials believe was a fight over marijuana.

Detectives believe McLeod and another man who hasn't been identified went to
the victim's apartment on Ventura Drive in Chalmette because they believed
he had marijuana they wanted to steal, Sheriff James Pohlmann said.

The victim was shot at twice inside the apartment, Pohlmann said. He wasn't
hit and was able to get away from the first assailant and another man he saw
on the front porch, suffering only leg injuries when he stumbled, the
sheriff said.

Anyone with information on the identity of the second man can call the St.
Bernard Sheriff's Office at 504.271.2501 or Crimestoppers at 504.822.1111.

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