A bullet fired into an Alexandria home has killed a teenage girl. Jeff Palermo has the latest on the investigation…:

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Police in Kenner, in Jefferson Parish, say their search for a suspected hit & run driver led them to a confessed killer. Officers went to Cora Chambers’ home to make the arrest, but were greeted by her son, Joshua Chambers, who told them his mother wasn’t home because he killed her. Her lifeless body was found inside the home. The son is in jail, charged with murder.

This evening the first of six public meetings on where to build a new Mississippi River Bridge south of Baton Rouge. DOTD Secretary Shawn Wilson says with ten potential sites that the Coast Guard has also provided guidance on, they are now asking the public for their thoughts…:

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Tonight’s meeting is in Baton Rouge at the library on Bluebonnet from 5 until 7. For a listing visit “DOTD.la.gov”.

State police are investigating a deputy-involved shooting in Assumption Parish after sheriff’s deputies tried to stop a suspected stolen pickup. Trooper Ross Brennan says when the truck finally stopped, the driver tried to back into deputies patrol unit; leading to the gunfire. Brennan says evidence gathered at the scene is being processed at the State Police Crime Lab and the investigation is ongoing…:

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Rhett Thibodeaux, of Larose, was shot and killed.