It was a day of opening statements and emotional testimony in the Will Smith murder trial. Michelle Southern reports…:
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The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office has arrested 54-year-old Ronald Gasser, the man accused of fatally shooting former NFL player and John Curtis star Joe McKnight on Thursday afternoon in a road rage incident. Sheriff Newell Normand held a press conference earlier this morning announcing Gasser is charged with manslaughter. Normand also expressed his disappointment in the behavior of the public who rushed the department to make an arrest without a thorough investigation.

A 33-year-old Monroe mother has been arrested for shoplifting with her two children. Detective Chris Bates with the Monroe Police Department says Shirley Mayes was encouraging her 9-year-old and 14-year-old to steal things while she checked out a few items.
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The value of the items the family tried to steal is reportedly 575 dollars.

After safety concerns about wild horses roaming the Fort Polk army base in Vernon Parish, the first round of horses have been moved to the Dallas-Forth Worth area. Fort Polk Spokesperson Troy Darr says contact the Humane Society of North Texas for more information on the welfare of the horses.
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Fort Polk will rehome the horses in groups of 10 to 30 over the next three years or until they’re all gone.