Baton Rouge Police are seeking a gunman who fatally shot the McKinley High School quarterback just days before graduation. Don Molino has more…
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A 7-year-old “innocent bystander” was accidentally shot and wounded this morning at Moss Bluff Elementary School in Lake Charles. Michelle Southern reports…:
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A home invasion in Ouachita Parish ends badly for the suspect. Glen Springfield with the Sheriff’s Office says around 5 p.m. on Sunday deputies responded to a report of an intruder in Swartz.
Springfield says the suspect was fatally wounded and pronounced dead at the scene. The identities of the suspect and the elderly couple have not been released. He says the investigation is ongoing.
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The St. Helena Parish Sheriff’s Office has launched an investigation after a body was discovered. Chief of Detectives Joe Chaney says someone came in to report what appeared to be a shallow grave in a wooded area.
Chaney says the Sheriff’s Office and State Police Crime Lab are conducting an investigation to determine the identity of the woman. He says they’re asking citizens to come forward with any information they have that could help with this investigation.
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Just days before graduation, a McKinley High School senior was fatally shot and authorities are looking for the gunman. Cpl. L’Jean McKneely with the Baton Rouge Police Department says they received a call of shots fired around 2 a.m. Friday. He says officers found 18-year-old Bryant Lee when they arrived.
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The McKinley High School quarterback was reportedly one of three people shot in the incident, and police are still trying to piece together what happened. This is the second time this school year Lee has been shot, after a drive by shooting in November. McKneely says Lee had a bright future ahead of him.
McKneely says at this point they do not have a suspect or a motive. He says there were at least 100 people at what they believe was a high school graduation party. He says BRPD is asking anyone who saw what happened to come forward.
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A 7-year-old “innocent bystander” was accidentally shot and wounded this morning at Moss Bluff Elementary School in Lake Charles. Kim Myers with the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office says the child is being treated for injuries at a local hospital.
The child had surgery and is reportedly in stable condition. Myers says they know that another child brought the gun to school…:
Investigators are working to determine if charges will be brought on the parents of the child who brought the gun.
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LSU’s head football coach Ed Orgeron is helping spread the word about how flood victims can get federal assistance. The governor’s spokesperson Richard Carbo says Coach O said he wants to be as helpful as possible during the recovery process. The newly-minted head coach will be the voice of PSAs about the ongoing recovery efforts.
The survey can be found online at restore.la.gov, and beginning Tuesday will be a series of events around the state to help flood victims fill out the survey. Carbo says a lot of folks have a great deal of respect for the head coach of the Fighting Tigers. He hopes this will help spread the message about the survey.
Carbo says about 20,000 flood victims have already completed the survey. He says while that’s a great start, they need more people to complete the form. He’s hoping they can get those signup numbers up with a little help from Coach O.
To find the survey or learn more about places to get help completing the survey, visit restore.la.gov.
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A Senate bill would give financial assistance to police and firefighters who are catastrophically injured during a targeted attack in the line of duty. The proposal comes as East Baton Rouge Deputy Nick Tullier continues to recover from the ambush on Baton Rouge police last July. His mother, Mary Tullier, spoke before the Senate Finance committee.
Mary says Nick is worried about his medical bills, and with his father being retired, it’s unclear how the bills will get paid. Some agencies require officers to have health insurance, but after a year of being off work for an injury, that coverage ceases. She says police officers don’t make enough money to cover this kind of unexpected expense, and this is the least we can do for those who protect and serve us.
Senate Finance is expected to vote on the bill this week, and then it will head to the Senate floor. It will need House approval as well.
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