via Sabine Parish Sheriff's Office on Facebook
A man who allegedly shot into a crowd of a thousand people in Many has been arrested after an overnight manhunt. Detective Wade Seegers with the Sabine Parish Sheriff’s Department says police caught 21-year-old Julius Winfield IV walking along a road in Natchitoches Parish the morning of August 13.
“Yeah, we got him this morning, just right across the line in Natchitoches Parish,” Seegers explains. “I think he finally had enough all night, we caught him kind of walking down the side of the road. So he’s in custody, finally.”
A motive for the shooting has not yet been determined. Seegers says the shooting happened at a trail ride, or an exhibition for horses and four-wheelers, near Many on July 13.
“Of course, after all the riding and everything was over, you know, he allegedly shot into the crowd and struck three people,” he says.”[One in] the arm, one in the stomach, nothing life-threatening.”
Winfield faces charges including attempted first-degree murder and terrorizing in connection with the shooting in July. Seegers says police spotted Winfield in his car yesterday near Pleasant Hill.
“Yesterday evening, deputies passed his vehicle [and] turned around on him while he turned around, jumped out and bailed in the woods,” he explains. “So we looked for him all night with drones and helicopters and K-9. It kind of went cold around the middle of the night, and it was around 6:30 this morning [that] we got him.”
Winfield has been booked into the Sabine Parish Detention Center.
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