08:30 Newscast December 28, 2015

Lafayette Police are searching for a suspect in a fatal double shooting. They say 21-year-old Tavis Jenkins of Alexandria walked into his ex-girlfriend’s Lafayette apartment where she was with her roommate and another man. When one man tried to escort Jenkins out, Jenkins pulled a gun and began shooting. The woman’s roommate, 17-year-old Antonio Means, and an unidentified 23-year-old man were transported to a local hospital. Means succumbed to his injuries, the other man is listed in critical condition. Jenkins’ ex-girlfriend was not injured. Jenkins is wanted for one count of first degree murder and two counts of attempted first degree murder.

State Climatologist Barry Keim has put together a list of the state’s top weather events in 2015. Keim picks El Nino as Louisiana’s number one weather event of the year. Coming in at number two is the squall line that moved across the state on April 27th. He says this system swept from west to east across Louisiana and the whole southern half of the state felt its impact…

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His number three pick is the state’s drought.

State Police say a St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s deputy was shot while responding to a shooting in Ashton. As deputies originally responded, they found a man at the residence suffering from a gunshot wound. He was listed in stable condition at a local hospital. The suspect then allegedly shot at officers as they attempted to secure the scene. When a SWAT team was extracting deputies from the scene, one deputy was shot. He was transported to an area hospital. His condition is unknown. The suspect was taken into custody after a three hour standoff.

Many in the “Who Dat?” nation are wondering if head coach Sean Payton will coach his last game with the Saints this Sunday at Atlanta. Rumors have been swirling that Payton will seek another opportunity in the NFL following this season. Payton has been the Saints head coach for the past 10 seasons, which NFL analyst Mike Detillier says is an eternity in today’s NFL. Detillier believes Payton is leaning more toward one way than the other…

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Detillier says the task of rebuilding the team and the unsettled team ownership issue could play a big part in Payton’s decision.