Family of man accused of machete attacks says he is a veteran who stopped taking his medication
“That’s no excuse because I’m a veteran too. I’m on medication too. I take my medication because I’m responsible for my own actions.” Author: Paul Murphy / Eyewitness News Published: 5:19 PM CST February 2, 2021 Updated: 5:19 PM CST February 2, 2021
NEW ORLEANS New Orleans police aren’t ready to name a suspect in Sunday’s machete attack and murder in the Holy Cross neighborhood.
Monday night, a man matching the description of the killer was arrested in Shreveport after attacking two employees at Ochsner –LSU Health Hospital.
In gas station slaying, NOPD seeks warrant to arrest Shreveport machete attack suspect: source
Shreveport police noticed that Chatman physically resembled the man who fatally cut Cargo and fled, so they notified New Orleans homicide investigators. Author: Ramon Antonio Vargas / The New Orleans Advocate Published: 8:29 PM CST February 2, 2021 Updated: 10:23 PM CST February 2, 2021
NEW ORLEANS New Orleans police sought a warrant late Tuesday to arrest the man accused of stabbing two Shreveport hospital employees with a machete a day earlier in connection with a similar killing at a Lower 9th Ward gas station over the weekend, according to a law enforcement source.
“It could be your family member,” Randell Cargo said just a day after the violent death of his brother, Donald Cargo, 59. “All I’m asking for is closure."
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.