Four children and two adults are dead following a murder-suicide in Monroe. Police Chief Reggie Brown identified the shooter as 30-year old Britney Tucker. Tucker’s four children were killed, ages ranging from 6 months to 12 years. Police say the second adult victim 20-year Anteshia Logwood was shot in parking lot outside of Tucker’s apartment before Tucker took the lives of her four children and then her own. Brown says Tucker had history of mental illness and they are investigating how she obtained a firearm.
Louisiana Republican Senator Bill Cassidy says the movement for defunding police a stupid idea. Cassidy says the focus should be on police reform and allocating more dollars towards mental health programs so that officers have fewer encounters with mentally ill individuals. But he admits this is not an overnight solution…
A proposal is in the works to rename LSU’s Middleton Library and there is also a movement to rename eleven more buildings on campus. President of LSU College Dems Daniel Carpenter says it is time for LSU to make the campus more welcoming and open, especially for black students.
A long-standing Mardi Gras tradition in the nation’s capital is being canceled in 2021 due to COVID-19. Senior Lieutenant with Mystick Krewe of Louisianians Tyron Picard says the event features Louisiana’s biggest movers and shakers in D.C. for three days of politicking and celebrations. Picard says the 76-year event has only seen cancellations three other times.
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