A Ruston man was arrested after a domestic violence incident where he fired a gunshot into the victim’s apartment floor.
Joseph Dewayne Fletcher, 30, was arrested Feb. 22 at an apartment complex on Illinois Avenue.
A Lincoln Parish deputy sheriff working as a courtesy officer for the complex reported hearing yelling coming from one of the apartments around 7:30 that morning. Ruston Police found an argument occurred between Fletcher and the victim.
According to a RPD report, Fletcher told the deputy he would have killed the victim had it not been for the kids.
The victim told police she was asleep when Fletcher came in screaming at her. She said he went through her phone and discovered she had been texting another man romantically.
According to the victim, Fletcher struck her in the face repeatedly and then shot into the living room floor. The victim said Fletcher never pointed the gun directly at her.
Fletcher left the scene while the deputy was checking on the victim, even though he was told not to leave.
Police recovered a shell casing and saw a small bullet hole in the wooden floor. Warrants were obtained for Fletcher’s arrest, and he was taken into custody several hours after the incident.
Fletcher was booked into the Lincoln Parish Detention Center for aggravated assault with a firearm and domestic abuse aggravated assault. Bail was set at $50,000.
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