Three people and a police K9 are dead and an officer is wounded following an officer involved shooting in Crowley. Michelle Southern has more…
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The latest census data finds Louisiana is showing a pattern of out migration with 12-thousand more people leaving the state than coming in. Emelie Gunn has more…
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Three people and a police K9 are dead following an officer involved shooting in Crowley that also left the officer wounded. Master Trooper Brooks David says they received a call that an officer was shot around 10:30 last night. He says when troopers arrived, it was a gruesome scene.
The identities of the victims have not been released, but authorities say a woman was dead when they arrived on scene. A male suspect then reportedly shot and killed the K9 before he was fatally shot by police. David says the investigation is ongoing.
Authorities say another female victim was discovered when detectives came back to question witnesses. David says the wounded officer is in stable condition, but it’s a tragedy the K9 was killed.
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New census numbers find Louisiana’s population was 4.6 million residents in 2016, only growing but 0.3-percent from the previous year. The Bayou State also saw a continuing pattern of out migration with nearly 12-thousand more people moving out of the state than coming in. Demographer Greg Rigamer says many citizens leave to follow the money…
Data also shows more people left New Orleans for other cities around the country than moved in for the first time since Hurricane Katrina. Rigamer says the Crescent City continues to lack high paying jobs.
Rigamer says East Parish Rouge Parish remains the largest in the state with 447-thousand people but St. Tammany Parish has grown substantially and is now the 4th biggest parish in the state, overtaking Caddo with 253-thousand residents. He says the quality of life is good in St. Tammany.
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The Walker Police Sergeant accused of hanging a noose in the squad room has resigned. Capt. John Sharp says the resignation comes ahead of the city council meeting where the allegations against the officer would be discussed.
The noose was discovered hanging in the squad room with a cookie tied to it on February 24, and the sergeant was later suspended for three days without pay. Sharp says the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating the incident. He says it will be up to the Livingston Parish District Attorney to decide whether or not to file criminal charges.
Sharp says the sergeant has been with the department for a long time. He says they hate to lose a good officer over a lapse in judgement, but this accusation could cast the department in a bad light if no action was taken. He says this resignation was best for the department.
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Authorities in Rapides Parish are investigating two break ins this morning at Tioga High School and Tioga Jr. High where extensive damage was done to school property. Capt. Tommy Carnline with the Sheriff’s Office says deputies responded to a call at around 5:15 this morning when a janitor reported the destruction…
The report indicates two suspects entered the school between 1 and 3 am. Carnline says they are following up on leads but no arrests have been made at this time and encourages anyone with information to come forward. He says investigators believe the break ins are connected.
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Mourners gathered at the Healing Place Church in Baton Rouge to say their final good-byes to a fallen East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s deputy. During the touching funeral service, Becky Anderson spoke fondly of her husband Sergeant Shawn Anderson, who was fatally shot on Saturday night
Anderson was investigating a reported rape of a teenager and went to a barber shop to talk with 30-year-old Brandon Wiley. Authorities say Anderson and Wiley exchanged gunfire, killing both men.
During Becky Anderson’s eulogy of her husband, she talked about the day they meant and how the Sergeant loved his job and his co-workers….
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Anderson also spoke about how her husband loved his two children, but she told the large crowd who attended the services that the family will do their best to move on without him…
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