High school sweethearts were killed by a suspected impaired driver near the LSU campus. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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A fatal shooting on Friday night near Ville Platte High’s homecoming game left one person dead and two injured. The person fatally shot has been identified as Deondra Thomas. Fans, coaches and players heard the gunshots and ran for safety, which led to the cancellation of the game. No word on if anyone has been arrested.
Webster Parish Sheriff Jayson Parker says a homeowner who fatally shot a man attempting to break into his home, will NOT face any charges. Forty-four-year-old Billy McFarland was fatally shot several times and Parker says the homeowner had no idea who he was…
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Parker says McFarland was just involved in a domestic disturbance with a woman at another location before he was fatally shot.
LSU campus police removed a student who tried to question members of the LSU Board of Supervisors about the university’s handling of rape allegations against LSU football player Damien Shanklin. Ziad Eissa raised the issue during public comment at a meeting where comments were limited to LSU men’s basketball coach Will Wade’s contract.
Board of Supervisors Chairman Lee Mallett said his office contacted Eissa before the meeting and offered to discuss his concerns privately.