Baton Rouge Woman, 31, Wanted for Hiding 15-Year-Old Boyfriend Who Shot Her in the Face Across State Lines

Baton Rouge police say Charlitria Thomas helped a 15-year-old accused of shooting her in the jaw evade capture by driving him to Mississippi and lying to detectives. (Credit: Volodymyr Proskurovskyi via Unsplash)

A Louisiana woman was shot in the jaw by a 15-year-old, then, police say, protected the boy who did it, driving him across a state line and lying to detectives who were hunting him.

Baton Rouge police have obtained a warrant for Charlitria Thomas, 31, accusing her of being an accessory after the fact to her own attempted murder. Investigators say the teenager shot Thomas in the face during an argument, and that after she was released from hospital she concealed his whereabouts, told officers she had not seen him, and was later found driving him around before a traffic stop in neighbouring Mississippi.