State Police have charged 23-year-old Vonteeko Anderson with first degree murder in the shooting death of Ville Platte City Marshal Barry Giglio. Giglio and other law enforcement officers were executing a search warrant on a known drug house in Ville Platte Monday night when gunfire erupted. State Trooper Thomas Gossen says Anderson was taken into custody that night and booked on drug and weapon charges.
Another person inside the home was also fatally shot.
Eight-year-old Alli Glass is being called a hero after helping her great-grandfather survive a four-wheeler accident. The two were thrown from the four-wheeler Tuesday night and the 83-year-old man was pinned underneath in a ravine. Franklin Parish Sheriff Kevin Cobb says she propped his head to keep it above water and ran more than half a mile to get help. Cobb says everyone is okay after the traumatic experience.
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