In 2014, Chase Chaisson of Lafayette was arrested after he allegedly shot a Lafayette police officer while fleeing from them.
More than seven years later, the convicted felon who was supposed to be tried for his alleged actions was arrested again after Lafayette police said he did not appear at his trial that took place this week.
On September 11, 2014, the search began for Chaisson, a suspect in another shooting. Lafayette police tracked him to an apartment complex on West Willow Street and found him hidden in a closet. Police say shots were exchanged and Chaisson allegedly shot the officer.
Wounded in the shooting, Chaisson was able to escape while the officer escaped to safety and was eventually treated at the hospital. Police say Chaisson arrived at a truck stop on University Avenue, forced himself into a van and ordered the driver to leave. Chaisson was later captured after a chase down Interstate 10 ended at Crowley.
Chaisson, who was 23 at the time, faces charges of attempted first-degree murder of a Lafayette police officer, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and aggravated kidnapping. He has been booked into the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center.
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