Three arrested in spring drive-by killing
Left to right, Earnest Chatman, Emmanual Seals and Jamion James have been arrested on murder charges stemming from a May drive-by shooting on Interstate 20 that resulted in the death of an 19-year-old Ruston woman.
Ruston police have arrested three Lincoln Parish men in connection with a drive-by shooting in May that left a 19-year-old woman dead.
Emmanuel Seals, Jr., 18, of Ruston; Jamion T. James, 19, of Grambling; and Earnest Chatman, 19, of Simsboro, have been charged with second-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder, and obstruction of justice in connection with the death of Haleei Newton.
The trio was arrested Thursday after a three-month investigation. They are being held in the Lincoln Parish Detention Center on $1.9 million bond each.
Newton had graduated from Ruston High School only days before she was shot and killed early May 25 in a drive-by shooting that occurred on I-20 between the Tarbutton overpass and Tech Drive interchange.
Newton and a friend were eastbound on the interstate multiple rounds were fired at her 2009 Kia, police said. One of the rounds went through the trunk and struck Newton.
This is a developing story. More information will be added as it becomes available.
