Shreveport Man Arrested Following Botched Carjacking

Earlier this month, Shreveport Police and Shreveport Fire were called to Lakeshore Drive to reports of a shooting.

A man called 911 and reported that an unknown man had tried to car-jack him at gunpoint. When SPD showed up they found the victim bleeding from the arm. The man explained that when the person pulled a gun on him, he had his own gun and the two exchanged gunfire.

Shortly after the incident, Tidarius Reddix showed up to Willis-Knighton North Hospital suffering from a gunshot wound. Detectives with SPD started an investigation, and determined that Reddix had been dropped off at Nantucket Harbor in the early-morning hours with the intention of stealing a car.

Reddix obviously picked the wrong car, because the victim pulled his own gun and shot him. Yesterday, SPD's Warrants Unit was able to find Reddix and arrest him. He has been charged with one count of carjacking.

From SPD:

"Thanks to the quick work of investigators and the Warrants Unit, another violent felon is off the street and in custody."