Fort Polk soldier charged

A man identified as a soldier at Fort Polk shot another person during a road rage incident Thursday evening, DeRidder police said.

Shawn Zawistowski, 42, of Parkview Street, DeRidder is charged with aggravated second-degree battery. Bond has not yet been set.

After a vehicle pulled across Shirley Street in the 400 block in front of Zawistowski shortly after 5 p.m., he followed the vehicle into a parking lot, said Deputy Chief Chris Rudy, DeRidder Police Department spokesman.

A verbal altercation ensued and Zawistowski shot the other person in the arm, Rudy said. The other person, who was not armed, suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

The caliber of the handgun was not revealed.