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A Shreveport man was detained after barricading himself in his vehicle following a hit-and-run incident, said Caddo Sheriff Steve Prator.

On June 13, around 3:40 p.m., Deezzra Davis Jr., 32, was the driver of a black sports utility vehicle when he was reported to have followed an 18-wheeler for miles, before crashing into the back of it two times on Interstate 49 near LA-Hwy. 170. Sheriff’s Patrol Deputy John Flash pulled Davis over on Interstate 49 south of LA-Hwy. 173. Davis stopped and got out of his vehicle, to yell unintelligibly at Flash, and got back in his vehicle and sped off. A vehicle pursuit ensued that ended in the parking lot of the Drift Inn Landing on LA-Hwy. 1 in Mooringsport, where Davis barricaded himself in the SUV.

Members of the Sheriff’s Special Response Team were called to the scene and Davis was taken into custody after the deployment of a deputy’s K9. No one else was in the vehicle and Davis was transported to the North Caddo Medical Center by ambulance for evaluation and treatment for a dog bite to his left arm.

Davis, of the 10000 block of Devers Road, will face charges of Hit-and-run driving, Aggravated flight from an officer, and Aggravated criminal damage to property, pending his release from the hospital.