10-11-23
TWO JUVENILES WERE CRITICALLY WOUNDED AFTER EXCHANGING GUNFIRE ON EVELYN DRIVE IN LAFAYETTE MONDAY NIGHT AT AROUND NINE. POLICE SAY THE TWO MET UP FOR AN EXCHANGE BUT DREW GUNS BECAUSE OF A DISAGREEMENT AND BOTH WERE SHOT. ONE OF THE TWO WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BEFORE POLICE ARRIVED. THE INCIDENT WAS CAPTURED ON SECURITY CAMERAS, AND POLICE EXPECT TO MAKE ARRESTS AS THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.
FRANKLIN POLICE RESPONDED TO THE SCENE OF A SHOOTING TUESDAY NIGHT. SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.
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FAMILY DOLLAR HAS ISSUED A RECALL FOR A LONG LIST OF OVER-THE-COUNTER DRUGS, MEDICAL DEVISES AND OTHER HEALTH PRODUCTS. THE PRODUCTS, WHICH WERE SOLD BETWEEN JUNE FIRST AND OCTOBER FOURTH, WERE STORED OUTSIDE OF LABELED TEMPERATURE REQUIREMENTS. THE RECALL IS FOR FAMILY DOLLAR STORES IN TWENTY-THREE STATES INCLUDING LOUISIANA. AFFECTED STORES HAVE BEEN ASKED TO CHECK THEIR STOCK IMMEDIATELY AND QUARANTINE AND DISCONTINUE THE SALE OF THE PRODUCTS.
NEARLY A HUNDRED PEOPLE GATHERED FOR A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL AT BUSY BEE ON LAKE STREET IN LAKE CHARLES LAST NIGHT TO REMEMBER THIRTY-YEAR-OLD CHRISTOPHER PATTUM. HE WAS KILLED IN A SHOOTING SATURDAY MORNING AND LEAVES BEHIND A TWO-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER AND SIX-YEAR-OLD STEPDAUGHTER. HIS MOTHER AND SISTER TELL KPLC TV THAT THERE WILL NEVER BE JUSTICE BECAUSE NOTHING CAN BRING PATTUM BACK. POLICE HAVE ARRESTED TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD TRAVIS MELBERT, WHO IS CHARGED WITH SECOND-DEGREE MURDER.
A SHOOTING YESTERDAY AFTERNOON IN LAFAYETTE LED TO NORTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE DAVID THIBODEAUX STEM ACADEMY BEING PLACED ON LOCKDOWN. POLICE FOUND THAT A HOUSE IN THE TWO HUNDRED BLOCK OF CHESTER STREET HAD BULLET HOLES IN IT BUT NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE HOUSE WAS TWO BLOCKS FROM THE SCHOOL WHICH LED POLICE TO PLACE THE SCHOOLS ON LOCKDOWN TO BE SURE THE KIDS ARE SAFE. THE LOCKDOWN WAS LATER CHANGED TO SHELTER-IN-PLACE AND STUDENTS WERE DISMISSED AT THE NORMAL TIME.
OPELOUSAS POLICE CONDUCTED A RAID LAST FRIDAY THAT LED TO THE DISCOVERY OF THREE POUNDS OF MARIJUANA. ALSO FOUND WAS AN ILLEGALLY POSSESSED FIREARM THAT HAD BEEN MODIFIED TO BE FULLY AUTOMATIC. EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD CHRISTOPHER THOMAS JUNIOR WAS ARRESTED ON MULTIPLE DRUG AND WEAPONS CHARGES. THE HOUSE THAT WAS RAIDED IS LOCATED IN THE FIVE HUNDRED BLOCK OF HOUSTON STREET.
THERE ARE SEVERAL CASES OF WEST NILE VIRUS IN ACADIANA PARISHES, ACCORDING TO THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. FIVE HUMAN INFECTION CASES WERE REPORTED IN LAFAYETTE PARISH, THREE IN IBERIA PARISH AND ONE IN SAINT MARTIN PARISH. ABOUT ONE IN FIVE WEST NILE VIRUS CASES DEVELOP FEVER OR SYMPTOMS AND ONE OUT OF ONE HUNDRED FIFTY BECOME SERIOUS OR FATAL. THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH REPORTS TWO PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM WEST NILE.
A BOIL ORDER WAS ISSUED YESTERDAY MORNING FOR CUSTOMERS OF SOUTHEAST WATERWORKS DISTRICT TWO IN VERMILLION PARISH. OFFICIALS SAY A VALVE WENT DOWN, PREVENTING DISINFECTION FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. THE DISTRICT IS LOCATED IN ABBEVILLE BUT INCLUDES RESIDENTS IN ERATH, DELCAMBRE, HENRY AND PERRY. THE BOIL ADVISORY WILL BE LIFTED WHEN WATER SAMPLES ARE CLEARED BY THE STATE.
