Police have made a fifth arrests in connection with a shooting in Rayne that occurred Oct. 11.
On Oct. 30, Rayne Police detectives arrested Don’Tray Deshawn Miller, 18, of Crowley, for his suspected involvement in the Rayne High School shooting incident.
Miller has been charged with attempted second-degree murder, unlawful interruption of the operation of a school and unlawful carrying a firearm at a school function.
Miller has been booked into Acadia Parish Jail on a $310,000 bond.
According to police reports, a shooting was reported just minutes after the football game between Rayne High and Eunice High ended on Oct. 11. The incident occurred off the school campus near the intersection of Stadium Drive and North Polk Street.
As the shots rang out, fans and members of the schools’ bands and football teams sought shelter under the stadium bleachers. Several bullets reportedly struck cars in the parking area. No injuries were reported.
According to a statement released by Police Chief Carroll J. Stelly the next day, while they were investigating the incident near Rayne High, officers were notified of a gunshot victim being treated at Acadia General Hospital in Crowley.
Detectives responding to the hospital learned that the victim had been shot on the corner of Lyman Avenue and Martin Luther King Drive, about a half mile from the football stadium and near Armstrong Middle School.
Within a couple of days, Darrell Jamel Nickerson, 20, and Aaron Alexander Redeaux, 19, were arrested in connection with the shooting.
Nickerson was arrested Saturday, Oct. 12, and charged with attempted first-degree murder, illegal carrying of weapons, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and disruption of school operations.
On Oct. 14, Redeaux was arrested and charged with attempted second-degree murder.
On Oct. 15, police arrested a 15-year-old juvenile on charges related to the incident.
Jeremy Dugas was subsequently charged with attemped second-degree murder after jurisdiction for the case was transferred to adult court.
Police say Dugas is believed to have shot at individuals on Martin Luther King Boulevard near Armstrong Middle School — where he was a student — before traveling about a half mile to Stadium Drive near Rayne High School where more shots were fired, apparently at cars belonging to people at the football game in the nearby stadium.
One Oct. 16, Rayne Police arrested Christian Robinson, 21, of Rayne, for his alleged involvement in the incident(s). Robinson was charged as an accessory after the fact, illegal possession of a stolen firearm and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
He was also charged with possession of Schedule II narcotics and possession of controlled dangerous substances in a drug-free zone.