SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) — Shreveport police arrested a man after finding a gun and drugs during a traffic stop on July 5. Officers stopped Alton Washington around 8 p.m. and said they found narcotics and a firearm in his possession.
According to investigators, Washington has multiple prior felony convictions involving narcotics, including a 2018 conviction for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Before this arrest, police said he was scheduled to go to trial this week in a separate 2024 case, in which he allegedly was armed and fled from police in a vehicle…