One person is dead and four others injured after gunfire erupts on St. Charles Avenue during the Bacchus Parade in New Orleans. Jeff Palermo has more
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A 17-year-old from Marshall, Texas was killed by gunfire along the route of the Shreveport Krewe of Gemini Parade. Jeff Palermo has more…
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One person was killed and four others wounded in a shooting along the Bacchus parade route in uptown New Orleans last night. Gunfire rang out at around 9:30 PM and witnesses say everyone near the scene took cover to avoid getting hit by bullets. NOPD Deputy Chief Hans Ganthier (GAHN-the-a)….
Authorities say the person who was fatally shot is a male between the ages of 15 and 18 years old. The four victims treated and released ranged in age from a four-year-old girl to 24-year-old female.
N-O-P-D Superintendent Michelle Woodfork says a suspected shooter, a 21-year-old male, has been arrested….
The person arrested is Mansour Mbodj.
Woodfork says they are conducting ballistic testing to see if he was the shooter or were there multiple gunmen. She says they are also trying to determine if he was the sole shooter and they do not know what sparked the shooting…
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A head-on crash in Terrebonne Parish kills two and seriously injures two others. Trooper Ross Brennan says that shortly after 4 p.m. yesterday on Highway 57 near Dulac, Craig and Cookie Boudreaux were traveling south in a Silverado and a Mitsubishi driven by 60-year-old Jorge Hernandez was traveling north.
Hernandez and his passenger were taken to a New Orleans area hospital for treatment. Brennan says toxicology samples were collected from both drivers. As for Hernandez’s intended destination…
All involved were residents of Houma. (50-year-old Craig Boudreaux and 49-year-old Cookie Boudreaux)
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In St. Martin Parish a single-vehicle crash killed two Breaux Bridge residents. Trooper Thomas Gossen says that shortly after 1 p.m. they were notified of the crash on State Highway 328 Sunday. He says the driver 41-year-old Christopher Thibodeaux and his 16-year-old nephew Carter Potts were both killed.
Gossen says Thibodeaux not wearing his seatbelt and was ejected from the vehicle. Carter however was restrained. Gossen says it’s unknown whether Thibodeaux being unrestrained caused injury to Carter.
A toxicology sample was taken from the driver and the crash remains under investigation.
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State Wildlife & Fisheries agents arrest a man they say illegally caught and sold over $350-thousand in Louisiana oysters. LDWF spokesman Adam Einck (“EYE-kn”) says it started last November, with 23-year-old Luis Garcia being stopped by agents on Lake Borgne for a routine license check…:
That led to an investigation that uncovered Garcia’s entire 2022 catch was taken illegally. Einck says it was a good season for Garcia, too…:
Cut 11 (07) “…354-thousand dollars.”
Einck says this was not a case of an expired oyster fisherman’s license. Garcia has never held a Louisiana license, he is not a legal resident of Louisiana or the U.S. and was operating completely rogue. What of the oysters he sold? Einck says none of Garcia’s customers are being charged, at this time…:
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Garcia’s 2022 haul was 5915 sacks of oysters, valued at just over $354-thousand. If convicted, Garcia could get 90 days in jail, and a $500 fine, but he could also be subject to civil restitution for the replacement value of the illegally sold oysters.
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The State Fire Marshal’s Office says the fire that destroyed the New Friendship Baptist Church in Grant Parish Thursday is not suspicious. SFMO spokesperson Ashley Rodrigue says investigators have determined the blaze began in a mechanical room and they are trying to determine if it was electrical or weather-related.
No one was injured in the fire and Rodrigue says the more than 70-year-old building in Pollock was a complete loss. She says when the 911 call came in it was early enough that the local fire department was able to respond when the blaze was contained to one part of the building.
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A worship service was held on the church grounds under a tent Sunday, and members reportedly plan to rebuild.