13 people are wounded following a shooting in Bogalusa at a memorial for a recent murder victim. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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The Department of Health reported 15 new COVID-19 fatalities, bringing the state’s total death toll to 2,440. On Sunday, the state reported just 12 fatalities. Governor John Bel Edwards says it’s been since the end of March that the state has reported daily death totals this low. The total number of cases increased by 277 to 34,709.
A 27-year-old woman is dead and nine others are being treated at a hospital from severe weather that hit a rural area in northeast Acadia Parish last night. The one fatality took place on Prudence Highway north of Church Point. Sheriff KP Gibson says the community response in the aftermath has been tremendous.
A woman is dead and two juveniles were taken to the hospital after a train collided with their stalled out vehicle in Webster Parish. State Police Trooper Brent Hardy says 51-year-old Rebecca Woodard of Minden and one juvenile were attempting to push the vehicle when the train came into view. Hardy says they had not moved vehicle very far when the impact occurred.
Woodard was transported to the hospital where she later died. The juvenile in the vehicle sustained moderate injuries.