Shreveport Police Dept.

Date: Jan 16, 2008

Phone: 318/673-6932 Fax: 318/673-6933

Contact: Randy Patrick, Night-Side P.I.O.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Wal-Mart stabbing

One woman has been charged in connection with a stabbing overnight at the Wal-Mart on Shreveport Barksdale Highway.

The incident took place before 7:00 PM last night when Paul Foss, white male DOB 1-11-1968, was treated at Willis Knighton Bossier after suffering from a single stab wound to the upper left shoulder. According to Paul, he and his wife, Briana Foss, White Female, 5-19-1978, were on the parking lot of the Wal Mart located at 1123 Shreveport Barksdale Highway when they were approached by a black male who demanded Paul's money at knife-point.

When Paul refused the suspect stabbed him in the shoulder.

An interview was conducted today with Paul during which he confessed that he had filed a false police report.

Paul and his wife Briana gad gotten into a domestic dispute with one another during which time Briana stabbed Paul in the shoulder with a pair of scissors.

Paul and Briana then made up the story to protect Briana. The stabbing occurred inside a residence in the city limits of Bossier City.

Paul was issued a summons for Filing a False Police Report.

The Bossier City Police Department Violence Crimes Unit was notified and a Detective arrived and transported both Paul and Briana to their offices. Briana was ultimately charged with Aggravated Battery in Bossier.

Information can be left with crimestoppers at 673-7373 or by logging onto the crimestoppers website at www.crimestoppersshreveportcaddo.com.

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