This morning two Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Deputies were serving a felony warrant in Monroe when the suspect tried to flee and shot both deputies. Jeff Palermo has the story…:
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The DA is East Baton Rouge Parish says they will not seek the death penalty in the case of the two suspects accused in the brutal murders and kidnapping of an elderly Baton Rouge couple last year. Hillar Moore says this was the decision of the Duplantier’s family. Ernesto Alonso and Frank Garcia are both charged with two counts of first degree murder and kidnapping.

A new law goes into effect on August 1 that expands the felony for assaults on police officers. West Monroe Senator Mike Walsworth says under the previous law, assaulting an officer with anything other than a gun was a misdemeanor. He says assault is assault no matter the weapon and says this law means criminals will receive consequences more in line with their crimes…:
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the felony for assaulting an officer could land someone in jail for up to 10 years.

A brand new state-of-the-art breast imaging center, offering revolutionary hi-tech methods for breast cancer detection, is opening today in Shreveport. Marilyn Joiner is the spokeswoman for the WK Breast Health Center. She says they are very excited about this facility that is unlike any other in the region…:
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She says doctors there will use 3D technology which lets them do a mammogram and a biopsy at the same time.