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THERE WAS A SHOOTING IN THE CROWLEY WALMART PARKING LOT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. KLFY TV IS REPORTING THAT THE VICTIM WAS A WHITE MALE. THEY SAY HE IS ALIVE BUT HIS CONDITION AND IDENTITY HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED. IT’S ALSO NOT KNOWN IF POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED A SUSPECT.
A CONSTRUCTION WORKER AT LAFAYETTE HIGH ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIMSELF IN HIS VEHICLE YESTERDAY. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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THE NEW JEFF DAVIS PARISH SHERIFF HAS BEEN IN OFFICE FOR THREE MONTHS AND HE SAYS HIS GOAL TO MAKE THE PARISH SAFER IS GOING ACCORDING TO PLAN EVEN QUICKER THAN HE THOUGHT. KYLE MIERS TELLS KLFY TV HE EXPECTED TO BE WHERE THEY ARE SIX OR NINE MONTHS FROM NOW. HE SAYS HE HAS A LIST OF ITEMS ON HIS PLAN OF ACTION THAT HE IS CHECKING OFF BECAUSE HE WANTS TO SHOW THE PEOPLE HE CAN BE TRUSTED. SOME OF THE ITEMS INCLUDE INCREASING DEPUTY PATROLS AND IMPROVING EMPLOYEE RETENTION.
EARLY VOTING FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION BEGINS TODAY. IT TAKES PLACE FROM EIGHT-THIRTY TO SIX EVERY DAY UNTIL OCTOBER TWENTY-NINTH, EXCLUDING SUNDAYS. VOTERS ARE ASKED TO BRING A DRIVER’S LICENSE OR OTHER FORM OF IDENTIFICATION, THOUGH PROVISIONS ARE MADE FOR VOTERS UNABLE TO PROVIDE IDENTIFICATION. STATE DEMOCRAT AND REPUBLICAN OFFICIALS ARE PREDICTING BETWEEN SIXTY-FIVE AND SEVENTY PERCENT OF THE STATE’S THREE MILLION VOTERS WILL PARTICIPATE IN THIS YEAR’S ELECTION.
A SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD IN PARKS ACCUSED OF A SEXUAL ASSAULT WAS ARRESTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. DA’ILEY POTIER FACES A CHARGE OF SECOND-DEGREE RAPE. HE WAS BOOKED INTO THE SAINT MARTIN PARISH CORRECTIONAL CENTER. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE WAS ACTING ON A COMPLAINT THEY RECEIVED ON SEPTEMBER TWENTY-SEVENTH.
A LARGE METAL BUILDING AT THE LAFAYETTE JOCKEY LOT CAUGHT FIRE YESTERDAY MORNING. FIREFIGHTERS WERE CALLED OUT AT AROUND SEVEN A-M AND IT TOOK THEM ABOUT THIRTY MINUTES TO BRING THE FIRE UNDER CONTROL. THE BUILDING SUSTAINED HEAVY DAMAGE. AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE.
THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS A BACKLOG OF HIT-AND-RUN CASES THEY ARE TRYING TO SOLVE. ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGHT HIT-AND-RUN CASES DATING BACK TO LAST YEAR REMAIN UNSOLVED BY THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE. SHERIFF STITCH GUILLORY SAYS THEY RELY ON EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS AND WHATEVER SURVEILLANCE VIDEO THEY CAN FIND. HE SAYS THE UNSOLVED CASES REMAIN OPEN AND AS THEY RECEIVE NEW INFORMATION, THEY WILL CONTINUE WORKING ON THEM.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT’S ROAD SHOW IS TRAVELING THE STATE AND THEY STOPPED IN AT CITY HALL IN LAFAYETTE YESTERDAY. THEY REVIEWED HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION PRIORITIES FOR THE ACADIANA REGION. THE DOTD’S SECRETARY, JOE DONAHUE, SAYS THEIR PURPOSE IS TO DESCRIBE AND LIST ALL OF THE PROJECTS PLANNED FOR THE NEXT YEAR AND TO TAKE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. HE SAYS THEY RECEIVED A LOT OF COMMENTS ABOUT THE I-FORTY-NINE CONNECTOR MEGAPROJECT, WHICH IS MOVING FORWARD WITH ENVIRONMENTAL APPROVAL HOPEFULLY COMING VERY SHORTLY.
