Three guards arrested in shooting
Obstruction, gunplay alleged outside eatery
By JARED JANES
Advocate staff writer
Published: Mar 20, 2007
Three security guards have been arrested in connection with a shooting earlier this month outside a Towne Center restaurant where they worked.
Deandar Jemar Turner, 22, Christopher Charles Jackson, 21, and John Christopher Clairborne, 24, were arrested Friday in the March 9 shooting outside Champps Americana restaurant and bar, 7425 Corporate Blvd. No one was seriously injured in the shooting.
A Sheriff’s Office investigation revealed that a patron, later arrested for aggravated battery, entered Champps with a crowbar after he was escorted from the building and punched by Turner.
The patron hit Turner with the crowbar and left the restaurant with a friend, the warrant said. The patron’s name was not mentioned in the warrant, and a deputy could not provide his name Monday.
Turner is accused of chasing after the patron and firing shots from a .380-caliber handgun in the direction of the patron.
Then, along with Jackson and Clairborne, Turner is accused of trying to cover up the shooting before deputies arrived.
Deputies say Turner gave his handgun to Jackson, who tried to conceal it in his trousers. Also, shell casings were taken from the scene and hidden in a flower pot.
Clairborne is accused of lying to deputies about firing his own .40-caliber handgun at the patron, according to the warrant.
The three told deputies that Clairborne returned fire only after the patron started shooting from the parking lot, according to the warrant.
Turner, 4634 Underwood Ave., was booked into Parish Prison on counts of attempted first-degree murder and obstruction of justice.
Clairborne, 7811 Gov. Blanchard Drive, and Jackson, 3834 St. Gerard Ave., were booked into Parish Prison on counts of obstruction of justice and accessory after the fact to attempted first-degree murder.
Turner was not registered with the Louisiana State Board of Private Security Examiners after he was fired from a security company in July 2006 for not showing up to work, board spokesman Wayne Rogilio said.
Rogilio said Clairborne was the only guard registered with the state governing board.
He said he dispatched an investigator on Monday to check into the incident.
Obstruction, gunplay alleged outside eatery
By JARED JANES
Advocate staff writer
Published: Mar 20, 2007
Three security guards have been arrested in connection with a shooting earlier this month outside a Towne Center restaurant where they worked.
Deandar Jemar Turner, 22, Christopher Charles Jackson, 21, and John Christopher Clairborne, 24, were arrested Friday in the March 9 shooting outside Champps Americana restaurant and bar, 7425 Corporate Blvd. No one was seriously injured in the shooting.
A Sheriff’s Office investigation revealed that a patron, later arrested for aggravated battery, entered Champps with a crowbar after he was escorted from the building and punched by Turner.
The patron hit Turner with the crowbar and left the restaurant with a friend, the warrant said. The patron’s name was not mentioned in the warrant, and a deputy could not provide his name Monday.
Turner is accused of chasing after the patron and firing shots from a .380-caliber handgun in the direction of the patron.
Then, along with Jackson and Clairborne, Turner is accused of trying to cover up the shooting before deputies arrived.
Deputies say Turner gave his handgun to Jackson, who tried to conceal it in his trousers. Also, shell casings were taken from the scene and hidden in a flower pot.
Clairborne is accused of lying to deputies about firing his own .40-caliber handgun at the patron, according to the warrant.
The three told deputies that Clairborne returned fire only after the patron started shooting from the parking lot, according to the warrant.
Turner, 4634 Underwood Ave., was booked into Parish Prison on counts of attempted first-degree murder and obstruction of justice.
Clairborne, 7811 Gov. Blanchard Drive, and Jackson, 3834 St. Gerard Ave., were booked into Parish Prison on counts of obstruction of justice and accessory after the fact to attempted first-degree murder.
Turner was not registered with the Louisiana State Board of Private Security Examiners after he was fired from a security company in July 2006 for not showing up to work, board spokesman Wayne Rogilio said.
Rogilio said Clairborne was the only guard registered with the state governing board.
He said he dispatched an investigator on Monday to check into the incident.
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