LAPLACE – A suspect was arrested recently in connection with an attempted murder incident that occurred last year. St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office detectives arrested Curtis Thomas Jr., 41, for the shooting incident that happened on Joe Parquet Circle on July 15, 2012. Information in the investigation led detectives in identifying Thomas as a suspect. Detectives obtained a judicial court ordered arrest warrant for Thomas for attempted first degree murder.
He was arrested in Jefferson Parish as a fugitive and was transferred to the St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office Sherman Walker Correctional Center.
The 31-year-old female victim of the shooting told investigators she had been sleeping on the couch when she heard noise at the front door. She said the front door flew open, and an unknown man entered the residence, pointed a gun at her and shot her.
The victim said a second subject accompanied the shooter. She sought help from a neighbor who brought her to the hospital for treatment. She sustained wounds in her left arm and was treated at River Parishes Hospital and released.