Karnell Thomas, 53, of Duson is charged with attempted first-degree murder, resisting arrest by force or violence and battery of a police officer in connection with an incident on Thursday night.

DUSON, La. (KLFY) -- A Duson man is charged with attempted murder after an armed standoff with police at a mobile home, authorities said.

Karnell Thomas, 53, of Duson is charged with attempted first-degree murder, resisting arrest by force or violence and battery of a police officer in connection with an incident on Thursday night.

Duson Police said they were alerted to an active shooter around 9:30 p.m. Thursday in the 100 block of Kevin Drive. Authorities said witnesses and victims called 911 and reported a man firing a gun in the direction of several people from inside of his mobile home.

Officers and deputies from Lafayette and Acadia parishes responded and located two persons who had been shot at but were not injured, and said the suspected shooter was barricaded inside his home.

The victims said a dispute with neighbors had escalated and that Thomas had armed himself and fired multiple shots in an apparent attempt to inflict great bodily harm or death to at least two persons.

Attempts to negotiate with the suspect were unsuccessful as the man refused to surrender after being contacted by telephone and via a public address system, officials said.

SWAT Team Members for the Acadia Parish Sheriff's Office were able to enter Thomas’s home and determine he had left the home prior to negotiations beginning. Investigators said Thomas had walked to his sister's home only a few trailers down from his home. SWAT members entered the home and encountered Thomas who was combative and attempted to violently elude the arrest.

Thomas was booked into the Acadia Parish Jail. Bond details were not released.

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