State Police are investigating a fatal officer-involved shooting at a Lafayette nightclub Sunday evening. Trooper Thomas Gossen says shortly before 11 PM Lafayette Police responded to shots fired in which an off-duty officer working a security detail at the club was involved.
The names of the victim and the Lafayette police officer have not been released.
The 2023 legislative session begins today, and Gretna Representative Joe Marino wants lawmakers to get a pay raise from the current salary of $16,800. Marino says other elected officials have received pay raises but lawmakers are still making what was allotted since 1980.
Marino wants to increase the salary to $60 thousand.
Following the death of LSU student Madison Brooks after a night of underage drinking at a Tigerland bar – Franklinton Senator Beth Mizell is hoping to raise the age limit to enter bars from 18 to 21. Mizell says raising the age could help prevent tragedies by making it more difficult for young people to obtain alcohol.
And in DC. Congressman Mike Johnson wants to make it a crime to approach a law enforcement officer while he or she is doing their job. Johnson’s bill would create the crime of approaching a law enforcement officer who’s legally engaged in his or her duties. He says he’s spoken with several law enforcement officers who’s had such incidents occur.
AM Cut 13 (09) “…safety issue.”