10-5-22
A LAFAYETTE MAN, BELIEVED TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THREE HOMOCIDES YESTERDAY, TOOK HIS OWN LIFE LAST NIGHT. THE FIRST VICTIM, TWENTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD ROSS CHAISSON, WAS FOUND DEAD AT AROUND TEN A-M ON TOURNOIR STREET AND POLICE DETERMINED THE SUSPECT WAS THIRTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD ANDRES JAMAL FELIX. THE SECOND VICTIM, SHOT AT AROUND FIVE-THIRTY YESTERDAY EVENING ON TOBY MOUTON ROAD IN DUSON, WAS TWENTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD PAIGE LEWIS. POLICE SAY FELIX THEN STOLE A CAR AND WENT TO THE ONE HUNDRED BLOCK OF CLARA STREET IN LAFAYETTE, WHERE HE SHOT AND KILLED HIS ESTRANGED WIFE, FORTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD KAWANNA FELIX.
AUTHORITIES IN SAINT MARTIN PARISH ARE INVESTIGATING A REPORTED FATAL SHOOTING LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. DANIELLE JOHNSON REPORTS.
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THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION HAS CREATED A MOBILE APP FOR KIDS TO REPORT SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY. STATE SUPERINTENDENT CADE BRUMSLEY SAYS THEY HAVE PARTNERED WITH CRIMESTOPPERS G-N-O AND LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR THE PROGRAM CALLED SAFE SCHOOLS L-A. HE SAYS STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO ANONYMOUSLY REPORT BULLYING, VIOLENCE, CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT MAKES THEM UNCOMFORTABLE. NEARLY FORTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE HAVE ADOPTED THE APP INCLUDING ACADIA, CAMERON, IBERIA, SAINT MARTIN AND VERMILLION PARISHES.
A WORLD WAR TWO VETERAN FROM JEFF DAVIS PARISH CELEBRATED HIS ONE HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY YESTERDAY. EDWARD CARTER WAS BORN IN JEFF DAVIS PARISH IN NINETEEN-TWENTY-TWO. THE SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA VETERAN’S HOME HOSTED A BIG BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION FOR CARTER. CARTER TELLS KPLC TV THAT HIS SECRET TO A LONG LIFE IS WALKING, A HEALTHY DIET AND GOOD CARE FROM HIS DOCTORS.
CLASSES AT LAFAYETTE HIGH RESUMED AS NORMAL ONE DAY AFTER A SHOOTING THREAT WAS MADE AND STUDENTS WERE CHECKED BY METAL DETECTORS AS THEY ENTERED THE SCHOOL. PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER SENIOR CORPORAL MATTHEW BENOIT SAYS SITUATIONS LIKE THIS ARE TAXING ON STUDENTS AND PARENTS, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO PROTECTING STUDENTS AND SCHOOLS, THEY ARE ON TOP OF IT EVERY DAY. HE SAYS LAFAYETTE PARISH IS FORTUNATE TO HAVE OFFICERS AND DEPUTIES ASSIGNED TO EVERY SCHOOL, SOMETHING NOT EVERY COMMUNITY HAS. BENOIT SAYS PARENTS SHOULD BE REASSURED BECAUSE THEIR PERSONNEL ARE PREPARED AND TRAINED FOR SITUATIONS LIKE THIS.
THE EVANGELINE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING A THREAT AIMED AT EVANGELINE CENTRAL SCHOOL IN VILLE PLATTE. SHERIFF CHARLES GUILLORY TELLS KLFY TV THE THREAT WAS MADE YESTERDAY. HE SAYS A STUDENT AT THE SCHOOL MADE A VERBAL THREAT TO SHOOT UP THE SCHOOL. NO ARRESTS HAVE YET BEEN MADE.
AN ANALYSIS BY MONEYGEEK HAS FOUND THAT TEN PERCENT OF ROADS IN THE U-S ARE IN POOR CONDITION. LOUISIANA RANKS EIGHT WORST WITH TWENTY-SIX PERCENT OF ROADS IN POOR CONDITION WHILE THIRTY-SIX PERCENT ARE IN GOOD CONDITION. CALIFORNIA RANKED WORST IN THE U-S WITH FORTY-FOUR PERCENT OF ROADS IN POOR CONDITION. NEW HAMPSHIRE HAS THE BEST ROADS WITH ONLY SEVEN PERCENT IN POOR CONDITION, DESPITE SPENDING RELATIVELY LITTLE ON ROAD WORK PER MILES TRAVELED.
A MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL WILL BE HELD TODAY FOR AL GIBSON, WHO SERVED FOR FOURTEEN YEARS AS CROWLEY POLICE CHIEF. AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS, GIBSON PASSED AWAY SUNDAY AT THE AGE OF EIGHTY-EIGHT. HE IS THE FATHER OF ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF K-P GIBSON. THE MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL TAKES PLACE AT TWO P-M TODAY AT SAINT MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL CATHOLIC CHURCH.
