(HAMMOND)---The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office is looking for two black males wanted in connection with an alleged drive-by shooting incident. .

Tangipahoa Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports that detectives are searching for 21-year-old Lamario Patterson and 22-year-old Jeremy Ricard, no addresses given.

He says that Patterson is wanted on aggravated assault by a drive-by shooting and aggravated battery charges. The sheriff adds that Ricard is wanted by the TPSO on a charge of being a principal to aggravated assault by a drive-by shooting, by the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office on an unauthorized use of a moveable charge, by the Louisiana State Police on a bank fraud charge, and by the Departments of Corrections, Probation and Parole.

Sheriff Edwards says that Patterson should be considered armed, dangerous, and as a flight risk. He is known to be in the LA 1064 area riding a bike, as well as a white Jeep Cherokee bearing no license plate.

Sherif Edwards asks that if anyone knows anything about the suspects, he or she should call TPSO Det. Mike Barron at 985.902.2088 or CRIMESTOPPERS at 800.554.5245.

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