Two arrested after shooting into crowd at Civic Center

Two teenagers have been arrested after shooting into a crowd of people gathered over the weekend at the Lake Charles Civic Center.

Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Kayla Vincent said Harry L. Pendleton, III, 18, of Lake Charles discharged a firearm into a crowd of people, hitting a vehicle. He then fled the scene in a vehicle driven by Chelsey B. Ned, 19, of DeQuincy.

Vincent said Ned drove the vehicle through barricades and a crowd of people, while trying to flee the police. She said Pendleton ultimately jumped out of the vehicle and dropped his firearm while trying to flee on foot.

Pendleton was quickly apprehended, Vincent said, while Ned continued driving a short distance before parking the vehicle and being taken into custody.

Pendleton and Ned were both arrested and booked into the Calcasieu Correctional Center. Pendleton was charged with reckless discharge of a firearm at a parade or demonstration; criminal trespass; simple criminal damage to property; resisting an officer; aggravated assault with a firearm; and terrorizing.

Judge Tony Fazzio set his bond at $1,006,000.

Ned was charged with accessory after the fact to reckless discharge of a firearm at a parade or demonstration; flight from an officer; accessory after the fact to aggravated assault with a firearm; and terrorizing. Fazzio set her bond at $253,500.

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