Monroe Dispatch - No Struggle, No Progress

A shooting on Montgomery Ave. in West Monroe LA on October 10 has landed two suspects in jail charged with second degree murder. According to police reports two victims were shot numerous times with a small caliber firearm and a shotgun during a robbery. The male victim was shot multiple times in the leg and torso and the female victim also was shot multiple times by two suspects. Both victims have recuperated physically from injuries, while mentally that might be another story as to the trauma of such a violent attack. Police detectives have identified one suspect who was arrested on October 29. Police arrested Suspect Xavier O. Ferrand, while Suspect Javeon D. Banks turned himself voluntarily as a suspect in the shooting. Suspect Banks allegedly admitted he was armed with a shotgun helping another suspect rob two victims. Suspect Banks told police during the robbery he and another suspect fired shots in the home of the male and female victim, while admitting to shooting the male suspect in the stomach with a shotgun. Information given by Suspect Banks would only be known by someone on the scene. There are three sides to every story. This was one side of this story. The Monroe Dispatch welcomes the other or another side of this story.

Xavier O. Ferrand