State Police are upping their efforts to enforce the “Move Over” law after several officers were struck by vehicles while working on the side of the road. State Police Sgt. Jared Sandifer says people should always watch out for any emergency vehicle on the side of the road, including police, EMS, firefighters and tow trucks.
Cut 9 (10) “their speed”
According to the “Move Over America” campaign, over 70% of Americans do not know about move over laws.
An officer involved shooting outside a Baton Rouge convenience store left one man dead. The convenience store clerk told a Baton Rouge TV station he saw 37-year-old Alton Sterling carrying a gun but did not have it out at the time of the shooting. Cpl. ‘Jean McKneely says one officer is on administrative leave and the investigation is ongoing.
The coroner has said that Sterling was shot multiple times in the chest and back.
Hundreds of Louisiana workers will be out of work as a result of GE Oil and Gas in Pineville closing its doors. Pineville Mayor Clarence Fields says the company is closing its Pineville facility to move its operation to their other location in Jacksonville, Florida. He says he is disappointed to see this company move to another state.
One man is dead and another is in the hospital following a shooting in Shreveport on Independence Day. Cpl. Marcus Hines says 33-year-old Antonio Collins and 32-year-old Exzavious Thomas were next door neighbors who got into a dispute over fireworks that turned violent.
Hines says Collins suffered a fatal shot to the chest, and Thomas was also injured but is expected to recover.