An Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Deputy has been injured and one man is dead after an officer involved shooting in Mamou. State Police Trooper Scott Moreau says the deputy was called to investigate an attempted burglary when an altercation took place between the officer and 27-year-old Dejuan Guillory and Guillory was shot.
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Guillory was pronounced dead at the scene.

A two-year-old boy from Lockport drowned at a 4th of July celebration. Lt. Brennan Matherne with the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office says deputies responded to a call of a child found unresponsive in a pool. He says Kevin Cortez’s mother last saw him playing with other kids inside the home.
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Cortez was transported to the hospital where he was later pronounced dead.

State Representative Julie Stokes has announced she will no longer run for State Treasurer because she has been diagnosed with breast cancer and her doctors have determined she must undergo at least five months of chemotherapy. Qualifying for the race is next week, Republican state legislators John Schroder and Neil Riser are the main candidates.

Bad news for LSU baseball as pitcher Eric Walker will miss the 2018 season dur to Tommy John surgery.
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