(LA) Assistant principal hospitalized after attempted carjacking in Shreveport
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SHREVEPORT, La. The assistant principal of Youree Drive Middle School in Shreveport is hospitalized with a gunshot wound after a shootout with a man who allegedly tried to carjack him.

Shreveport Police say Charles Washington arrived at police headquarters Sunday with a gunshot wound to the shoulder, saying he’d just been shot by a man and returned fire.

Washington says a man approached him at an intersection, demanding his car keys and wallet. Washington says the man shot him and he shot back, wounding the alleged robber identified as Gabriel Robinson. The 20-year-old Robinson was booked into the city jail on a charge of attempted second-degree murder.

Washington remains hospitalized in fair condition. Caddo Parish Schools Superintendent Ollie Tyler, who was Washington’s boss at the school for several years, visited with him yesterday. She says he seems in good spirits and he told her he was ready to get back to work.

Meanwhile, police say Washington, in shooting his alleged assailant, was apparently acting in self-defense. While it’s unclear if Washington has a license for a firearm, police say he didn’t need one since he had the gun in his car, which is considered an extension of the home.