The manhunt continues for a man who St. Bernard Parish investigators say shot and killed his mother and grandmother during an argument last night. 22-year-old Lee Collins the Third allegedly shot 75-year-old Mary Major and 55-year-old Trenelle Collins inside a home, and Sheriff James Pohlmann says he also shot at someone else.
Pohlmann says Collins drove off in a flatbed truck and likely fled into Mississippi last night.
Louisiana Public Broadcasting premieres eight new episodes of its travel series LA64 tonight. The show goes to St. Martin Parish tonight, and Executive Producer Linda Midgett says the show will go to seven additional parishes between now and the end of May, when the current season wraps up.
Cut 8 (07) “…Beauregard and DeSoto.”
LSU’s Cade Arrambide makes history, becoming the first player in school history to hit four home runs in a game. Joe Gallinaro has the story.
Cut 1 (32) “…I’m Joe Gallinaro.”
A man is arrested for allegedly smuggling contraband into the Elayn Hunt Correctional Center. The Iberville Parish Sheriff’s Office says 31-year-old Treyondrick Williams told deputies he smokes weed and thought he cleaned out his car before arriving at the prison but didn’t clean it well enough. Williams is charged with taking contraband into a penal institution.