Governor Landry says one-thousand Louisiana National Guard troops need to be deployed to urban centers throughout the state because of elevated crime rates in Shreveport, Baton Rouge and New Orleans. But crime data analyst Jeff Asher says after New Orleans had the nation’s highest murder rate in 2022, homicides are now the lowest since 1970 and other violent crimes are down.
Asher says murders are also down in Baton Rouge and Shreveport.
Shreveport Mayor Tom Arceneaux says he welcomes any assistance in dealing with crime but has several questions about the possibility of National Guard troops teaming up with city police to combat crime.
Scary moments outside a Montessori school in Alexandria as a deputy shoots towards a driver trying to run him over. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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Avoyelles High School was on a soft lockdown yesterday in response to social media threats and a 13-year-old has been arrested for making them. The nature of the treats was not specified, and Avoyelles Parish Sheriff David Dauzat says the juvenile has been charged with four counts of terrorizing. Five juveniles were recently arrested in Rapids Parish for social media threats that caused the shutdowns of schools and cancelation of homecoming events.