Covington Man Tries to Run Over 8-Year-Old Boy

From St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office

Shawn Porrovechio (34) of Covington is facing attempted murder charges after he tried to run over his girlfriend’s 8-year-old son with his pickup truck, then rammed a sheriff’s deputy on I-12 Thursday (May 4, 2017) evening.

The mother was playing baseball with her son in their yard near Covington when her boyfriend, Shawn Porrovechio, came outside. Porrovechio threw a baseball at the child, narrowly missing his head. When confronted by the mother, Porrovechio threw a second baseball, striking the mother. The mother asked him to leave and he got into his truck and accelerated toward where the child was standing. The child ran toward his mother and out of the path of the truck. Porrovechio fled the scene, and the mother called 911.
Responding deputies observed Porrovechio’s truck on Hwy 21 and attempted to initiate a traffic stop. Instead of stopping, Porrovechio entered I-12 with deputies in pursuit. The pursuit ended when Porrovechio rammed his truck into a St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s deputy's vehicle, causing both vehicles to crash. The deputy and Porrovechio were transported to local hospitals with minor injuries sustained during the crash.
Shawn Porrovechio was arrested on the charges of Attempted First Degree Murder, Aggravated Battery,  Domestic Abuse Aggravated Assault, Aggravated Flight from Officer, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and as a fugitive out of Jefferson Parish.