Zaokoye Chatman, 27, has been arrested and booked with aggravated battery in the Shreveport hospital attack. Author: WWL Staff Updated: 9:20 AM CST February 2, 2021
NEW ORLEANS A 27-year-old man has been arrested and booked after an attack that injured his mother and another hospital employee at a Shreveport hospital Monday.
The arrest of Zaokoye Chatman was noted on the Shreveport Police Department booking web site early Tuesday morning. The arrest was said to have occurred at 1:21 a.m. Tuesday.
Police believed Chatman is likely the same man who attacked and killed a Meraux man with a machete after an altercation at a gas station in New Orleans Sunday. However, a press release identifying Chatman as a suspect in the Shreveport attack did not mention the New Orleans incident.