Two men have been arrested after a shooting a gun in Gonzales early Tuesday before leading officers on a car chase, the Ascension Parish Sheriffs Office reported.<\/p>\n
Officers responded around 4 a.m. to reports of someone shooting a gun on Norwood Drive, APSO said.<\/p>\n
When deputies arrived on the scene, they heard several more shots being fired from a car that fled towards La. 931.<\/p>\n
Police chased after the vehicle, which crashed at the intersection of Norwood Road and La. 931, after which the drive and a passenger took off running.<\/p>\n
APSO later found and identified as suspects Humberto Gonzales and Kody Hughes, both 30.<\/p>\n
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Gonzales admitted to driving the car and shooting the handgun for reasons he did not make clear to officers, APSO said.<\/p>\n
Police recovered two guns. Both men were booked into Ascension Parish jail.<\/p>\n
Gonzales was booked on counts of illegal use of a firearm, resisting an officer, failing to stop at stop signs, and reckless operation of a motor vehicle. Hughes was booked on illegal use of a firearm and resisting an officer.<\/p>\n
Both men are in custody in lieu of $25,000 bonds.<\/p>\n
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