LA CROSSE, Wisconsin (WXOW) - Two men are arrested following an early morning drive by shooting of a northside home.
According to La Crosse Police Sgt. Randy Rank, around 2:17 a.m., a car drove past 2231 Kane Street, fired two shots into the home, then drove off.
No one inside the home was wounded from the shooting.
Police officers later saw a vehicle that matched the description of the suspect vehicle on Winneshiek Rd. When approached, the vehicle sped off and led officers on a chase to the end of St. James St. where the car crashed into a snowbank.
Although the two men in the vehicle ran, they were caught by police.
A sawed off 12 gauge shotgun, two empty shotgun casings, and additional ammunition was found in the car according to Sgt. Rank.
Arrested were 31-year-old Eric L. Loomis of 1607 Loomis St. in La Crosse, and 27-year-old Michael Vang of 918 Hood St. in La Crosse.
The men were arrested on the following charges:
Loomis: Recklessly endangering Safety (party to crime), knowingly fleeing an officer, operate motor vehicle w/o owners consent (party to crime), possession of a firearm-felon (party to crime), probation violation & resisting arrest.
Vang: Recklessly endangering safety, operate motor vehicle w/o owners consent, possession w/intent to deliver-methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession firearm-felon, resisting arrest and probation violation.
Both men are in the La Crosse County Jail without bond awaiting formal charges by the District Attorney's office.
Michael Vang
Eric Loomis
