4:30 LRN Newscast Feb 20

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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There were one or more shooting incidents during the Krewe of Gemini parade in Shreveport Saturday. Details from SPD are scarce, but we do know a teen from Marshall, Texas was shot and killed. The other shooting is unconfirmed at this time, but we are told a person was shot and wounded. Mayor Tom Arceneaux says parades will be safer going forward.

 

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…:

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Toxicology samples were taken from both drivers – live and dead – to see if impairment played a role in the crash.

In St. Martin Parish a single-vehicle crash killed two Breaux Bridge residents Sunday afternoon. 41-year-old Christopher Thibodeaux and his 16-year-old nephew Carter Potts were both killed. Thibodeaux was NOT wearing a seatbelt, the teen was. Gossen says it’s unknown whether Thibodeaux being unrestrained caused injury to Carter…:

CUT 09(09)      “…is restrained.”