2 men injured in fight, shooting at Hunter Crab on East 70th

Restaurant owner knocked out; worker’s boyfriend shot in ankle
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Published: Oct. 9, 2022 at 6:59 AM CDT
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SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - A fight resulted in a shooting at Hunter Crab, a restaurant at East 70th Street at East Kings Highway in Shreveport.

It was 8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 8 when the Shreveport Police Department received a dispatch to the restaurant in the 1700 block of East 70th.

Officers learned that a female employee and the restaurant owner had a confrontation. The employee’s boyfriend then arrived on the scene and got into an argument with the owner. A fight then broke out between the owner and the boyfriend. During the fight, the boyfriend knocked the restaurant owner unconscious.

Employees of the restaurant attempted to stop the boyfriend from driving off. During the confrontation, a passenger of the vehicle pulled out a handgun and shot the boyfriend in the ankle. The passenger gained control of the vehicle and drove to the front door of Ross Dress for Less store in Eastgate Shopping Center and dropped off the boyfriend before fleeing.

Both the restaurant owner and the boyfriend received non-life-threatening wounds.

No arrest has been made.