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Teen Arrested in Longview Attack

Posted/updated on: January 28, 2011 at 2:18 am


LONGVIEW – An Arkansas teenager is arrested in Longview after allegedly attacking a pharmacist. Taken into custody Wednesday was Johnny Cooper, 18, of Spiro, Arkansas. Longview police say the teen entered the Walgreen’s Pharmacy in the 500 block of Marshall Avenue around 3:00am. He is said to have had a long, narrow object wrapped in clothing, which he claimed was a gun. He is said to have demanded pain medication, and then leaped over the counter. He is said to have placed the object against the employee’s neck. The clerk was able to subdue him and held him on the floor until officers arrived.



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