By Pat Culverhouse

A Minden juvenile has been arrested on a Claiborne Parish warrant in connection with a December 23, 2024 drive-by shooting at a residence in Homer, according to Minden Chief of Police Jared McIver.

MPD officers and members of the department’s Special Response Team (SRT) enforced the warrant just after 6:30 a.m. Tuesday and arrested the suspect at a residence in the 1100 block of Madison Ave.

McIver said the juvenile faces charges in Claiborne Parish of aggravated assault with a firearm and illegal possession of a machine gun. He reportedly was placed in the custody of Claiborne authorities.

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