Rapides Parish Patrol Deputies responded to the 5400 block of Hall Street in the Grundy Cooper Subdivision in Alexandria on July 4 around 4:34 pm in reference to a report of a shots fired in the area.
Upon arrival, deputies located a male subject laying in the driveway of a residence suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. Pafford Ambulance Service responded and transported the subject to a local hospital. Deputies also learned there was another male subject who had also sustained gunshot wounds, later identified as Kendrick Dotson. Dotson was brought to the hospital by a neighbor prior to Deputies arrival but, unfortunately, Dotson later succumbed to his injuries at the hospital. The other subject remains in the hospital at the time of this release, listed in stable condition.
Sheriff’s Detectives and Crime Scene Unit responded to the scene to conduct their investigation. During their investigation, Detectives determined two female subjects, identified as Samauria Norris and Lakeisha Roberts, came to the residence at 5401 Hall Street and a verbal disturbance occurred with Dotson. Shortly thereafter, the other male subject arrived on the scene and gunfire erupted between the two males.
Based on their investigation, Sheriff’s Detectives were able to establish sufficient probable cause to issue arrest warrants for Norris and Roberts. Later on that night, Norris and Roberts were taken into custody without incident and booked into the Rapides Parish Detention Center on their warrants.
Norris remains in jail being held on a $1,200,00.00 bond and Roberts remains in jail being held on a $1,100,000.00 bond.
Sheriff’s Detectives say this is still an active, ongoing investigation and more arrests are probable. If anyone has any information on this investigation, they are asked to contact Detective Matthew Deville at the Criminal Investigation Division-Main Office at 318-473-6727, RPSO Main Office at 318-473-6700 or Crime Stoppers at 318-443-7867.
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Arrestee: Samauria Norris, 25
2239 East Sycamore, Alexandria, LA
Charges: Criminal Conspiracy
Obstruction of Justice
2nd Degree Murder
Arrestee: Lakeisha Lakedra Roberts, 42
6101 North Bolton, Lot 99, Alexandria, LA
Charges: Criminal Conspiracy
2nd Degree Murder