A night out ended with gunfire Thursday (May 23) after a man shot his date’s former boyfriend and suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound while fending off an assault at his companion’s Westwego home, police said.
The 23-year-old victim accidentally shot himself in the arm and leg while struggling with Tristan Joseph Sarah Sr., 23, said Lt. Eric Orlando, spokesman for the Westwego Police Department.
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Sarah, the ex-boyfriend of the victim’s date, is accused of attacking as the couple sat in a pickup truck in the driveway of the woman’s home, chatting after an evening together, according to Orlando. Sarah suffered a gunshot wound to his leg in the scuffle.
The shootings occurred about 10:45 p.m. near the 400 block of Vine Street, Orlando said. The man and woman had been sitting in the driveway for about 10 or 15 minutes when the driver’s side door was suddenly opened.
Sarah, who had been texting and calling the woman without answer for most of the night, is accused of hitting the man in the back of the head, Orlando said. The two men began to fight while the victim was still in the driver’s seat.
Disoriented and afraid for his life, the victim told police he grabbed a pistol that was in the center console, Orlando said. The gun discharged, striking both men as they struggled over the weapon.
Sarah hobbled to a neighbor’s driveway. That’s where he was officers arrived. The man had driven his truck to the intersection of Vine and 4th streets, Orlando said.
When first questioned by officers, Sarah told them the man opened fire just after he opened the door. But police later determined that Sarah was the aggressor.
“Witness accounts differed (from Sarah’s) regarding the struggle,” Orlando said.
Both men were taken to a hospital for treatment. Once released, Sarah will be booked with aggravated burglary.
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