Violet man arrested after he shot a man in a leg and held him hostage in an apartment Monday night

Brandon Robinson, arrested after shooting a man in a leg and holding him hostage.

Brandon Robinson, after he surrendered, sits handcuffed on the ground outside an apartment where he held a man hostage.

A Violet man was booked Monday night with aggravated battery, home invasion. false imprisonment and other counts after he shot another man in the left leg inside an apartment building in Violet, then held him hostage for some two hours before surrendering, Sheriff James Pohlmann said.

Brandon Robinson, 31, 2516 Edgar Drive, Apt. A, shot the victim, Denair Riley, 21, of Violet just before 6 p.m. Monday, then kept Riley hostage in an apartment in the same building where Robinson lived, the sheriff said. Robinson surrendered more than two hours later following negotiations with sheriff’s officials after the sheriff’s SWAT team was called to the scene, Sheriff Pohlmann said.

A witness told investigating sheriff’s detectives that Robinson and Riley had argued in front of the apartment building and that Robinson had pulled a gun and forced Riley into Apt. B at the complex, next door to Robinson’s apartment, Sheriff Pohlmann said.

It was inside the apartment that a shot was fired and Riley was struck in the upper left leg. Robinson then refused to come out after sheriff’s deputies were called to the scene.

Sheriff’s detectives are continuing the investigation into what led to the shooting.

Robinson and Riley walked out of the apartment after Robinson agreed to surrender. Riley was taken to University Hospital in New Orleans, where he was listed in stable condition with no life-threatening injuries, officials said.

Robinson, whose criminal history includes prior arrests on drugs and weapons charges, was later booked into St. Bernard Parish Prison on numerous counts. Besides aggravated battery for the shooting, home invasion for going into someone else’s apartment and false imprisonment of Riley, Robinson was also booked with illegal discharge of a weapon and aggravated assault.