Bossier City police said the child’s injuries led detectives to question the original report of an apartment window fall.
BOSSIER CITY, La. — Broken wrists and forearms on a 4-year-old girl became the center of an attempted murder case after police said her mother kicked her out of a second-story apartment window in Bossier City.
The girl was taken April 8 to Ochsner Medical Center in Shreveport, where the extent of her injuries led to a police investigation. Authorities first received an account that she had fallen from a window at the Mirage Apartments on East Texas Street. After detectives reviewed the case, police said the fall was not accidental and identified the child’s mother, 37-year-old Sharonica Michelle Davis, as the person responsible.
The medical details shaped the early course of the case. Police said the child had fractures to both wrists and both forearms, injuries that were serious enough to draw investigators from the Bossier City Police Department’s Juvenile Division. Officials did not release the child’s medical chart or describe any other injuries. They also did not say whether the girl needed surgery, how long she stayed at the hospital or who was with her when she arrived. The child’s name was withheld because of her age. The public account from police focused on the injury pattern, the second-story window and the shift from an initial fall report to an assault allegation.
Sgt. Shawn Poudrier, a Bossier City police spokesman, said detectives learned during the investigation that the first account did not explain what happened. “After the detectives began investigating, they found out that the mother of the child pushed her, kicked her out of the window,” Poudrier said. Police did not describe the number of interviews conducted or identify any witnesses. They also did not say whether officers examined the apartment window, the ground below it or the room from which the child fell. The department said enough evidence was developed to seek a warrant for attempted second-degree murder.
Davis was not newly arrested on the warrant when police announced it. She was already in the Caddo Correctional Center on charges connected to the same incident, including cruelty to a juvenile, according to early reports and jail records. Caddo Parish booking records listed Davis as booked April 8. The same public roster identified her by her full name, Sharonica Michelle Davis, and listed her age as 37. Police said the Bossier City charge would require her extradition from Caddo Parish to Bossier City. The timing of that transfer had not been announced.
The case shows how a hospital report can become the starting point for a criminal investigation when a child’s injuries raise questions. Police did not release a full timeline for the hours before the girl reached Ochsner Medical Center. The known sequence begins with the April 8 hospital visit, moves to the report of a fall from a second-story window and then to the Juvenile Division’s finding that the child had been pushed or kicked. The Mirage Apartments location placed the investigation in Bossier City, but the hospital and jail records connected the case to Shreveport and Caddo Parish as well.
Authorities said the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services took custody of the child after the incident. Police did not say whether that placement was temporary, whether relatives were being considered or whether any other children were removed from the home. In child injury cases, state custody decisions can move on a separate track from the criminal case. The police investigation focuses on evidence for prosecutors, while child welfare officials handle placement and safety matters. In this case, officials released only a narrow set of details about the girl’s care after the hospital visit.
The attempted second-degree murder warrant marked a major escalation from the earlier cruelty allegation. A warrant is an accusation and does not prove guilt. Prosecutors still must review the investigative file and decide how to proceed. The file may include medical records, officer reports, witness statements and any statements Davis gave while in custody. Police said detectives questioned Davis after learning she was already jailed. Officials did not release what she said during that questioning. No court date, bond amount or plea information was included in the first public reports.
Poudrier described the case as emotionally difficult for officers who investigate crimes against children. “You want to try to protect every one of them that you can,” he said. His comments came as police described a case that began with a badly injured preschool-age child and moved into an attempted murder allegation against her mother. The department did not release photographs from inside the apartment, body camera video or a written affidavit. As of the warrant announcement, the public record remained limited to the hospital date, injury description, apartment location and police finding that the fall was intentional.
Sharonica Davis remained listed in Caddo Parish custody after her April 8 booking, with Bossier City police expecting her transfer on the attempted murder warrant. The child remained under state care while the criminal case awaited its next court step.
Author note: Last updated May 8, 2026.