A Madisonville area woman has been arrested and charged with multiple offenses, including attempted second-degree murder, after a drive by shooting in the Kathmann Estates subdivision, Sheriff Jack Strain announced Tuesday.

Anthonia Montairo Catoire-Miller, 33, 7 Hester St., Madisonville, was charged Monday evening with attempted second-degree murder, simple criminal damage to property, resisting an officer, taking contraband to and from a penal institution and two contempt of court warrants.

According to Capt. George Bonnett, spokesman for the Sheriff’s Office, Catoire-Miller was driving a minivan near the intersection of Kathmann and Hester streets off Louisiana Highway 22 about 4 p.m. Monday, and three of her teenage children were in the vehicle with her, including her 16-year-old daughter.  Bonnett said as she drove past the intersection, Catoire-Miller spotted her daughter’s ex-boyfriend standing nearby with a group of friends. After driving a short distance away from the group, Catoire-Miller stopped her vehicle and backed up approximately 200 feet to the ex-boyfriend’s location. She then pointed the barrel of a .410 shotgun out of the driver’s side window and fired one shot in his direction.

Although the victim was 15-20 feet from the vehicle, he was not hit, Bonnett said.

Catoire-Miller then parked her vehicle in a nearby driveway and walked a short distance with her children to her pending residence at 70 Oak Park Drive, Bonnett said.

Deputies responding to a 911 call from the victim found an extremely combative Catoire-Miller in the Oak Park Drive residence, Bonnett said.  

After being handcuffed and placed in the rear of a patrol car, she used her legs to kick out one of the unit’s rear windows. Deputies were finally able to subdue her after deploying an X-26 Taser.

Due to her combative state, deputies were unable to determine a motive for the shooting, Bonnett said. The shotgun was retrieved from the Oak Park Drive house.

During processing at the jail, a second live shotgun shell was found in Catoire-Miller’s brassiere, Bonnett said.

Catoire-Miller remained in the St. Tammany Parish Jail Tuesday afternoon in lieu of $83,000 bond.