A person of interest in the fatal shooting of two black men in Baton Rouge last week has been released on bond. Emelie Gunn has more….
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Whether or not charges will be filed in the case of the LSU freshman who died in a possible hazing incident is still a long way from being known. Michelle Southern reports…:
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A Baton Rouge man considered a person of interest in the shooting deaths of two black men last week, has bonded out of jail. 23-year-old Kenneth Gleason was arrested over the weekend on drug charges. Baton Rouge Police Sgt. Don Coppola says Gleason has yet to be cleared of the homicides.
The first murder took place last Tuesday night when 59-year-old Bruce Cofield was fatally shot and on Thursday, near LSU, 49-year-old Donald Smart was shot to death while walking to work. Coppola says Gleason was in a vehicle that matched the description from the two homicide investigations. He says they are still working to determine a motive.
Coppola says Gleason was charged with possession of a schedule one, marijuana and a schedule three, human growth hormone. He says the circumstances surrounding both shootings are extremely similar.
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The White House holds a summit with presidents of black colleges today, but Grambling State President Rick Gallot is not there. Gallot says he’s not boycotting, but there’s a lot happening on Grambling campus’ between the start of a new semester and football season…
New Orleans Congressman Cedric Richmond says he’s not surprised many black college presidents have declined to come. Richmond says policies need to be established to help these schools with scholarships, campus infrastructure and teacher pay. Gallot adds they are still waiting for a person to be named to head the White House Initiative on HBCUs….
Gallot attended a White House meeting earlier this year and he’s pleased they’ve re-opened the access to Pell Grants for summer school students…
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East Baton Rouge DA Hillar Moore says it will probably be a while before they’ll know if charges will be brought in the case of the LSU freshman who died in a possible hazing incident at his fraternity. Preliminary autopsy findings indicated that 18-year-old Max Gruver had high levels of alcohol in his system at the time of death. Moore says this investigation will be long:
The official cause of death from the coroner’s office may not be known for several weeks as they await toxicology results. Moore says some members of the fraternity were fully cooperative with LSU police…:
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Attorneys say whether or not felony charges would be brought likely depends on if there is evidence of hazing. Moore says he’s met with the Gruver family and they are devastated…:
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The Louisiana Democratic Party opposes U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy’s and three other Republican lawmakers bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. Party Spokesperson D’Seante Parks says this legislation would end the Medicaid expansion, which covers more than 430-thousand Louisiana residents.
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Parks says every resident should have access to affordable healthcare and Cassidy’s legislation to provide block grant funding to the state will make it more difficult for low income individuals to purchase coverage.
Parks says it’s important to protect the Affordable Care Act, because it has allowed many individuals to finally have access to affordable health insurance….
(Cassidy says his legislation will give power to the states when it comes to how health care should be offered in this country. He says that will hope lower premiums and the ball also calls for the end of the individual and employer mandate.)
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