A suspect wanted for a Lincoln Parish shooting was captured in New York and returned to Louisiana.
Ethan Trey Middleton, 23, of Calhoun, was transported back to Ruston and booked at the Lincoln Parish Detention Center for attempted murder and other charges.
Middleton is the suspect in a March 14 shooting on Gahagan Road investigated by the Lincoln Parish Sheriff’s Office.
No one was injured in the incident and Middleton fled the Gahagan Road scene before deputies arrived, according to LPSO spokesman Lt. Matt Henderson.
Henderson said LPSO obtained an arrest warrant for Middleton the day after the shooting. On March 17, Middleton was arrested by New York State Police in Ontario County, New York, after a license plate reader alert on a vehicle associated with Middleton.
According to a press release issued by New York State Police after the arrest, Middleton’s vehicle was located by troopers at a 7-Eleven convenience store. A Mossberg sawed-off 12-gauge shotgun and a Ruger AR-style 9mm pistol with a 32-round magazine were found in the vehicle.
Middleton was charged in New York with two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, criminal possession of a weapon third degree, and DWI. Middleton was booked at the Ontario County Jail, where he was held on the New York charges pending extradition to back to Louisiana.
Upon his transfer back to Lincoln Parish, Middleton was booked on two counts of attempted second degree murder, illegal use of weapons, and aggravated assault with a firearm. Bail was set at $625,000.
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