A man killed his grandmother and attempted to kill his mother in East Baton Rouge Parish Sunday morning then went on a shooting spree trying to steal a getaway car. Sheriff Sid Gautreaux says the suspect is 28-year-old Aaron Morgan.
The fatality was identified as 78-year-old Dianne Gafford.
Congresswoman Julia Letlow is urging nonvaccinated individuals to make the life-saving decision to roll up their sleeve and get vaccinated. Letlow lost her husband, Luke Letlow last December to COVID, just days before he was to be sworn into congress…
Over 11,000 Louisianans are confirmed to have died of COVID since the start of the pandemic.
Governor Edwards is set to hold a 2:30 press conference today where he could call for a return to the statewide mask mandate due to the recent explosion in COVID cases fueled by the new, hyper contagious Delta variant. Brooke Thorington has more on this story.
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Five people were wounded in an early Sunday morning shooting on Bourbon Street in New Orleans. No fatalities were linked to that shooting incident but one person has been detained.