A Ruston man was shot and killed Thursday afternoon at a local apartment complex.
Ruston Police Chief Steve Rogers said officers were dispatched to a “shots fired” call at the Cinnamon Square Apartments off South Farmerville Street about 1:30 p.m. Thursday afternoon.
Officers learned a gunshot victim had been taken to the nearby Northern Louisiana Medical Center. Rogers said the 23-year-old victim, Charvaz Crawford, died of a gunshot wound to the chest.
Investigators worked on the case through Thursday night into Friday morning, including executing a search warrant which located Yanni Potts, 17, who has been charged with second degree murder.
Two Ruston men, Jailin M. Jones and Omari Lee Johnson, both 18, were arrested for obstruction of justice for allegedly concealing evidence in the case, Rogers said. They were booked at the Lincoln Parish Detention Center and bail was set at $10,000 each.
Potts was arrested in the same apartment complex in July when Ruston Police spotted him on Martin Luther King Drive after a report of a man brandishing a handgun. Potts was chased by officers into the Cinnamon Square Apartments where he was arrested. A Glock 43 9mm pistol was recovered in that case.
Three of the four individuals named in the incident have gun or drug charges pending in Third District Court.
