A 23-year-old Shreveport Police officer has been arrested for negligent homicide for shooting an unarmed black man during a foot chase. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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The upcoming retirement of DOTD Secretary Shawn Wilson has only fueled speculation he’s running for governor. Brooke Thorington has more.
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The Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office is asking for your help in locating 32-year-old Trey Rentrop of Raceland. LPSO Captain Brennan Matherne says after an iPad was discovered in the home of a woman with two children recording them.
Matherne says Rentrop is charged with video voyeurism, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and failure to register as a sex offender in Assumption Parish.
The suspect is a known acquaintance of the victim and Matherne says they also located a rifle belonging to Rentrop in the woman’s home.
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You are asked to call Crimestoppers if you have any information about his whereabouts.
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Don’t let the good times impair your judgment during carnival season. Louisiana Highway Safety Commission announces its Drive Sober Or Get Pulled Over campaign. LHSC spokesman Mark Lambert encourages everyone to have a good time and be safe.
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According to a recent report from the Center for Analytics and Research in Transportation Safety at LSU, a sizable number of highway crashes involving people killed or injured during carnival season were alcohol-related.
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Lambert encourages everyone to become a designated driver and stop others from driving impaired.
The campaign ends at midnight, Tuesday-Mardi Gras, February 21.
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Shreveport Police Officer Alexander Tyler has been charged with negligent homicide in the shooting death of 43-year-old Alonzo Bagley, an unarmed black man. The incident happened on February third as officers chased Bagley after he jumped from a second-floor apartment. State Police released Tyler’s body camera video today
Officers were called to the apartment complex after receiving a 9-1-1 call from Bagley’s wife, who said her husband was extremely impaired and threatening others at the home.
Tyler and another officer were in pursuit of Bagley before he was shot. An unidentified officer immediately rendered first aid to Bagley who was shot in the chest….
Bagley was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Here’s State Police Lt. Melissa Matey describing what happened when Tyler fired his weapon…
Matey says Crime Lab Technicians with the L-S-P Crime Lab processed the crime scene and no weapons were located on or near Bagley. Officer Tyler is 23-years-old and started with Shreveport P-D in May 2021. He’s on administrative leave.
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After State Transportation Secretary Shawn Wilson announced his March 4th retirement it’s only increased speculation that he’ll run for governor. Wilson who’s been secretary for seven years has more than 25 years in public service.
And while the New Orleans native wouldn’t say if he is or isn’t running for governor, he did hint that an announcement is forthcoming.
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Since 1987, Wilson has lived in Lafayette with his wife and children and he’s commuted to Baton Rouge for more than twenty years working in state service. We asked Wilson if he did run for governor what makes him the best candidate, the Democrat says his career path and how he’s already served the state.
The transportation secretary says he is a bridge builder, literally and figuratively. To date, six others have declared their candidacy for governor and only one Democrat.