Zaokoye Chatman, accused of stabbing two people at Ochsner-LSU Health in Shreveport, is wanted for murder in the machete attack that killed a man in the 5100 block of St. Claude Ave. Sunday, The Times-Picayune | New Orleans Advocate reports.
New Orleans Police said said on Sunday, a man was standing by a gas pump at a gas station in the 5100 block of St. Claude Avenue when he was attacked by a suspect wielding a machete. They say the suspect then drove away in a green 2008 Saturn Vue with damage to the front driver's side.
Family members identified the man killed at the gas station as 59-year-old Donald Cargo of Meraux.
Monday afternoon, Shreveport authorities say Chatman went inside Ochsner LSU Health and wounded two individuals with a large knife. Sergeant Glen Heckard says one of the victims is Chatman's mother.
“He wasn’t a patient, he just randomly showed up at the hospital from what we’ve been able to determine and he was armed with a large knife and actually cut two of the medical staff there,” said Heckard.
The two victims in the Shreveport attaack are expected to survive.
Chatman faces second degree murder charges in New Orleans.
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