3 Wounded in Downtown Shreveport Shooting

Violence in downtown Shreveport to kick off Saturday. Three people were shot when someone opened fire early Saturday morning.

This shooting happened at about 5:30am near the corner of Travis and Spring Street. Detectives believe some folks got into a verbal altercation and things escalated quickly. One person pulled out a gun and fired several shots into the parking lot on the northeast corner of that intersection.

Three people who were in that parking lot were hit by the gunfire including two women and one man. One of the women was rushed to the hospital in an ambulance. The other two victims were taken to the hospital in private cars.

None of the wounds are considered life threatening. Police have taken one person into custody, but no details have been released.