Man accused of shooting 2 at Hammond bar

• Advocate Florida parishes bureau
• Published: Sep 25, 2009 - Page: 3B

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HAMMOND — Deputies arrested a Springfield man Thursday in connection with the shooting of a man and a woman early Sunday at the D and D Lounge in Hammond, the Tangipahoa Sheriff’s Office reported.

Deputies booked Samuel Scott, 31, of Springfield, in the Tangipahoa Parish Jail Thursday on two counts of attempted first-degree murder, according to a statement the Sheriff’s Office issued.

Deputies who located Scott in a motel room off Airport Road in Hammond arrested him without incident, the statement says.

Deputies called to the D and D Lounge around 1:52 a.m. Sunday found that a 27-year-old woman and a 29-year-old man had been shot and wounded during a fight at the bar, the statement says.

Both victims are expected to recover.