Man arrested after scuffle with off-duty SPD officer

SHREVEPORT, La. ( KTAL/KMSS ) – A Shreveport police officer was injured while trying to arrest a man accused of causing a disturbance in a local business in Shreve City.

An off-duty SPD officer was working an extra-duty assignment in the 1100 block of Shreveport-Barksdale Highway when personnel from a local business requested the officer help them with a customer who was reportedly angry and causing a disturbance.

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The officer attempted to de-escalate the situation with the suspect, identified as Raymond Johnson, 41, but he refused to leave the property, according to police. Johnson reportedly struck the officer in the face, and the two engaged in a struggle. Both men fell through a glass window, causing injuries to the officer's upper body.

Johnson was arrested and now faces one count of criminal property damage, once count of entering and remaining after being forbidden, one count of resisting and officer with force or violence, and one count of threatening a public official.

The officer is expected to recover.