Sheriff: Geismar man arrested after shooting in Gonzales
According to the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office, deputies were called to a home on Hackett Canal Drive around 4:30 p.m. When they arrived, deputies found a man outside the home with a gunshot wound to the leg. He was taken to a hospital for his injuries.
The victim told deputies that a family acquaintance, Kevin Chambers, 25, flashed a gun and pointed it toward him after an altercation, which led to gunfire being exchanged.
Deputies later learned that Chambers fled the scene and drove himself to a hospital, where he was also treated for a gunshot wound to the leg.
Chambers was arrested and booked into the Ascension Parish Jail on charges of attempted second-degree murder, aggravated criminal damage to property, and illegal use of a weapon.
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