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LAFAYETTE HAD ITS FIRST HOMOCIDE OF THE NEW YEAR, WHICH HAPPENED YESTERDAY MORNING AT AROUND THREE-THIRTY. THE VICTIM HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THIRTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD BRIAN AMUNE OF LAFAYETTE. HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD IN THE EIGHT HUNDRED BLOCK OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR DRIVE. A RESIDENT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, LISA RIDEAUX, TELLS KLFY TV THAT AMUNE WAS HOMELESS.
ONE PERSON WAS KILLED IN A SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH SUNDAY NIGHT IN VERMILLION PARISH. AT AROUND EIGHT-THIRTY, FORTY-YEAR-OLD JAKIMA MORRISEY OF LAFAYETTE WAS TRAVELING WEST ON HIGHWAY EIGHTY-TWO, WHEN, FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, HE WENT OFF THE ROADWAY AND STRUCK A TREE, STARTING A FIRE. MORRISEY, WHO WAS NOT WEARING A SEATBELT, WAS EJECTED AND PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE, ACCORDING TO STATE POLICE. THEY TOOK TOXICOLOGY SAMPLES TO DETERMINE IF IMPAIRMENT WAS A CAUSE IN THE ACCIDENT.
SEVERAL NEW LAWS GO INTO EFFECT FOR LOUISIANA WITH THE NEW YEAR. THEY INCLUDE A BAN ON CERTAIN PROCEDURES DESIGNED TO ALTER THE GENDER OF A MINOR CHILD. OTHER LAWS GOING INTO EFFECT INCLUDE CHANGES TO CHILD SUPPORT GUIDELINES, PET INSURER REQUIREMENTS, AND REQUIREMENTS FOR HEALTH COVERAGE PLANS FOR PEOPLE WITH CANCER. THE NEXT REGULAR LEGSLATIVE SESSION BEGINS ON MARCH ELEVENTH. BEFORE THAT, THERE ARE TWO SPECIAL SESSIONS DEALING WITH REDRAWING THE STATE’S CONGRESSIONAL MAP AND THE PROBLEM OF INCREASED CRIME.
THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING A BODY FOUND IN LAKE CHARLES. DANIELLE DUNCAN REPORTS.
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ONE MAN WAS INJURED IN A SHOOTING YESTERDAY AFTERNOON IN LAFAYETTE. POLICE DETERMINED THE MAN WAS SHOT IN THE ONE HUNDRED BLOCK OF LENA STREET AND THEN TRAVELED TO THE ONE HUNDRED BLOCK OF ANCELET STREET, WHERE POLICE FOUND HIM. THE MAN WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS, WHERE HE IS IN STABLE CONDITION. CORPORAL KEN HANDY WITH THE LAFAYETTE POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS MULTIPLE SHOOTINGS THIS WEEKEND IN LAFAYETTE REFLECTS AN INCREASE IN CRIME BOTH LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY.
RAYNE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A NEW YEAR’S EVE HOMOCIDE. AT AROUND ELEVEN SUNDAY NIGHT, POLICE ARRIVED ON THE SCENE OF THE SHOOTING, WHICH WAS IN THE ONE THOUSAND BLOCK OF LYMAN AVENUE. THEY FOUND A MAN WITH MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS. HE WAS TAKEN TO AN AREA HOSPITAL WHERE HE LATER DIED. HE’S BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THIRTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD HARRY RICHARD OF RAYNE.
FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW, THE LOUISIANA OFFICE OF TOURISM SPONSORED A FLOAT IN THE ROSE PARADE IN PASADENA, CALIFORNIA. FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, THEIR FLOAT WAS HONORED WITH THE SHOWMANSHIP AWARD. THE FLOAT HAD A MARDI GRAS THEME. LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR BILLY NUNGESSER SAYS THE FLOAT KICKS OFF THEIR NEW MARKETING CAMPAIGN CALLED THE YEAR OF MUSIC.
THE SAINT LANDRY PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS ISSUED AN ARREST WARRANT IN CONNECTION WITH A SHOOTING THAT LEFT THE OPELOUSAS POLICE CHIEF AND HIS WIFE INJURED. SHERIFF BOBBY GUIDROZ SAYS THE ARREST WARRANT IS FOR SAVANNAH BUTLER OF OPELOUSAS. BUTLER FACES TWO COUNTS OF NEGLIGENT INJURY AND ONE COUNT OF ILLEGAL USE OF A WEAPON. NO DETAILS HAVE BEEN RELEASED ON THE SHOOTING.
