By Paige Gurgainers

Two separate shootings took place yesterday afternoon, October 29, within Ringgold city limits at the Phase II Apartments on Military Road and the Oak Tree Apartment Complex located on School Street, resulting in two arrests so far.  

The Bienville Parish Sheriff’s Office received their first call from Ringgold Police Department (RPD) requesting assistance at 7:14 p.m. noting a report of automatic weapon fire.  

Officers responded to Phase II and began securing the scene and searching for shell casings. According to reports, shots were fired from a car that was headed south on Highway 371 towards Red River Parish.  

Shortly after the first shooting, agencies began receiving reports of a second shooting at Oak Tree. CHRISTUS Coushatta Health Care Center also reported that they were treating two gunshot victims. It is believed these victims were wounded at the second location at Oak Tree.  

The investigation led to two arrests made yesterday evening. Shondace Kemp, 31, showing an address of Oak Tree Apartments, was charged by RPD for assault by drive-by shooting. Crestiaun Jeremiah Hall, 17, of the 3900 block of Bienville Road in Ringgold, was charged with possession of marijuana (less than 14 grams) and illegal carrying of a weapon.  

When Hall was booked his medical history noted no medical problems apart from previous gunshot wounds to his arm that he is believed to have received from a previous shooting that occurred on September 14.  

Allegedly, these two shootings stemmed from an ongoing situation among a group of young men and women in the Ringgold/Coushatta area.  

This information has been provided by a law enforcement agency as public information. Persons named as suspects in a criminal investigation, or arrested and charged with a crime, have not been convicted of any criminal offense and are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.