New Iberia Police are investigating a shooting incident that left a 5-year-old injured at a Raceway on LA-14 Thursday morning. Sergeant Daesha Hughes says officers received a call of a 4-year-old shot in a vehicle.
Investigators say the shooting happened at the gas station after the mother left her four kids in the car while she went inside. The child was transported to a local hospital with moderate injuries.
And in Bastrop, two juveniles are dead, and two others are injured from a shooting that took place around midnight. Morehouse Parish Sheriff Mike Tubbs says one of the injured victims showed up at a local hospital and told authorities about the shooting. They believe there was only one gunman and some sort of a dispute between those involved.
A fire broke out at The Hotel Bentley in Alexandria this morning. The fire was extinguished by 10 am. According to KALB-TV the fire was on the lower-level exterior roof elevation of the hotel. It was in the midst of being replaced. The building was evacuated, and a contractor receive burns from the blaze.
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