11-2-20
A TEENAGER WAS SHOT SATURDAY AFTERNOON ON WEST SIMCOE STREET IN LAFAYETTE, NEAR SOUTH ST. ANTOINE STREET. THE VICTIM, WHO IS SEVENTEEN-YEARS-OLD, WAS ORIGINALLY LISTED IN CRITICAL CONDITION, BUT YESTERDAY HE WAS UPGRADED TO STABLE CONDITION. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED AT AROUND THREE-FORTY-FIVE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. POLICE ARE NOT RELEASING ANY DETAILS ON THE INVESTIGATION.
THE MAN, WHO ADMITTED BURNING THREE ST. LANDRY PARISH CHURCHES IN THE SPRING OF LAST YEAR, WILL BE SENTENCED TODAY. HOLDEN MATTHEWS WAS SCHEDULED TO BE SENTENCED LAST FRIDAY BUT JUDGE ROBERT SUMMERHAYS MOVED THE HEARING TO TODAY BECAUSE OF NEW EVIDENCE. MATTHEWS IS THE SON OF A ST. LANDRY PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTY. HE FACES A MINIMUM OF TEN YEARS IN PRISON AND TWO-POINT-SIX MILLION DOLLARS IN RESTITUTION.
The balance of power in Louisiana’s U.S. House delegation — five Republicans and one Democrat — is unlikely to change in Tuesday’s election, but there’s a question as to who will represent a heavily Republican district where the incumbent isn’t seeking re-election. Republican Ralph Abraham is stepping down from his northeast Louisiana-based district. Nine people are running to fill the open seat. In other races, President Donald Trump is expected to win the Republican-dominated state’s electoral votes, and a measure to make sure nothing in the Louisiana Constitution is construed as granting women the right to abortion is among seven proposed amendments on the ballot.
EUNICE MAYOR SCOTT FONTENOT SAYS CITY HALL WILL BE CLOSED ON ELECTION DAY. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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THE LAKE CHARLES POLICE DEPARTMENT’S SWAT TEAM MADE AN ARREST FRIDAY IN CONNECTION WITH THE MURDER OF A SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD BOY ON OCTOBER TWENTY-FIRST. THE PERSON ARRESTED WAS ALSO SIXTEEN AND WAS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH A FIREARM, ILLEGAL CARRYING AND DISCHARGE OF WEAPONS, AND ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF A HANDGUN BY A JUVENILE. A TOTAL OF FOUR PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE MURDER OF THE SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD. ANOTHER SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD WAS ARRESTED ONE WEEK AGO AND CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER AND THREE COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED SECOND DEGREE MURDER.
LAFAYETTE POLICE ARE SEEKING THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN GETTING NEW INFORMATION THAT WILL HELP THEM SOLVE A MAY THIRTIETH HOMOCIDE. THE VICTIM WAS TWENTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD TELVIS BENJAMIN, WHO WAS SHOT AT AROUND ELEVEN P-M ON MAY THIRTIETH IN THE FIVE HUNDRED BLOCK OF JOAN STREET. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR A SINGLE GUNSHOT WOUND AND LATER DIED. SERGEANT WAYNE GRIFFIN SAYS LAFAYETTE POLICE DETECTIVES HAVE FEW LEADS. IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION ON THIS CRIME, YOU ARE ASKED TO CALL LAFAYETTE CRIME STOPPERS AT TWO-THREE-TWO-TIPS.
THERE WAS A LOW COUNT OF COVID-NINETEEN DEATHS IN YESTERDAY’S REPORT FROM THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. THERE WERE SEVEN MORE DEATHS, ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, WHICH COVERED A TWO DAY PERIOD. HOSPITALIZATIONS WERE DOWN BY FIFTEEN, MOVING THE TOTAL BELOW SIX HUNDRED. THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS DROPPED BY TEN. THERE ARE ONE THOUSAND, SEVENTY-ONE NEW CASES, PUSHING THE TOTAL PAST ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-THREE THOUSAND.
THREE OF THE SEVEN DEATHS STATEWIDE WERE IN ACADIA PARISH. THEY INCLUDEONE EACH IN ACADIA, ST. LANDRY AND ST. MARY PARISHES. SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAD NO MORE DEATHS. ACADIANA HAD ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO NEW CASES, INCLUDING TWENTY-NINE IN LAFAYETTE PARISH. THAT MOVES THE TOTAL OVER TWENTY-SEVEN THOUSAND, THREE HUNDRED. THERE WERE EIGHTY-ONE NEW CASES IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA, INCLUDING SIXTY-NINE IN CALCASIEU PARISH. THE TOTAL HAS NOW ECLIPSED THIRTEEN THOUSAND.
