A Choudrant was arrested Monday by the Lincoln Parish Sheriff’s Office after a standoff at the scene of a domestic abuse incident on Edwards Road.
Walter Freeman, Jr., 64, was arrested October 14 after deputies responded to a call that Freeman had discharged a firearm inside the residence with his wife present.
When deputies arrived, they were told Freeman fired the gun and then walked outside and the wife locked him out. Freeman was observed still holding the pistol. A special response team and a LPSO armored vehicle were sent to the scene. Freeman was given several commands to drop the gun over an extended period of time, but he refused.
After a standoff of about 1 ½ hours and the use of less-lethal rounds, Freeman finally surrendered. He was taken by ambulance to the Northern Louisiana Medical Center emergency room to be evaluated due to the less-lethal deployments.
Once Freeman was medically cleared, he told deputies his wife had been pushing his buttons all day. He was not going back to jail and that’s when he grabbed the pistol. He admitted firing a round in the bedroom but that it was an accident.
Freeman was booked at the Lincoln Parish Detention Center for domestic abuse battery aggravated assault, illegal carrying and discharge of a weapon, and resisting an officer. Bail was set at $160,000.
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