15:30 LRN Newscast December 28

Monday’s bowl game between LSU and Notre Dame will reportedly be offensive coordinator Matt Canada’s last with the Tigers, Matt Doyle has more.
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State Police say the man who exchanged gunfire with a a Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s deputy early yesterday morning has been identified as 36-years-old Dusty Sanders of Bastrop. Sanders was shot and remains in a hospital. But once discharged, he’ll be charged with attempted first degree murder of a police officer. The deputy was not injuried.

The number of officers killed in the line of duty in Louisiana and around the country in 2017 dropped from 2016. Louisiana saw five killed this year, while nine were killed last year. National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund President Craig Floyd says even though 124 cops died nationwide, it’s a number that is trending lower…
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Four of the five officers killed in Louisiana died from gunfire and the other, Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Deputy Justin Beard died in a traffic accident.

A firey head-on crash kills one and leaves a second person in critical condition in DeSoto Parish. Louisiana State Police Master Trooper Glenn Younger says it happened on Louisiana-174 last night, one of the vehicles burst into flames and troopers are trying to figure out why…
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Younger says they have yet to identify the deceased victim.