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A MAN WAS FOUND SHOT TO DEATH IN NEW IBERIA SATURDAY NIGHT. AT AROUND TEN-FORTY-FIVE, POLICE FOUND A MAN LYING IN A ROADWAY ON SOUTH LASALLE STREET WITH MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS. THE MAN’S NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED. AUTHORITIES URGE ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THE SHOOTING TO CONTACT THE NEW IBERIA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
IN LAFAYETTE PARISH, A PEDESTRIAN IS DEAD FOLLOWING A CRASH. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY WILL JOIN PRESIDENT TRUMP AT THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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STATE POLICE HAVE BEEN CALLED IN TO INVESTIGATE A CALCASIEU PARISH DEPUTY-INVOLVED SHOOTING. THE DEPUTIES WERE RESPONDING TO A DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE OFF OF BARN STABLE DRIVE IN LAKE CHARLES. A SUSPECT WAS SHOT AND TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. THE EXTENT OF HIS INJURIES HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED. NO DEPUTIES WERE HARMED DURING THE SHOOTING, ACCORDING TO STATE POLICE.
THREE PEOPLE WERE WOUNDED IN A SHOOTING SATURDAY NIGHT IN SAINT MARTIN PARISH. IT HAPPENED IN THE SIXTEEN HUNDRED BLOCK OF SMEDE HIGHWAY. THE CONDITIONS OF THE VICTIMS ARE NOT KNOWN AT THIS TIME. THE SUSPECT, WHO WAS APPREHENDED, CRASHED A VEHICLE AND HAD TO BE TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT OF INJURIES.
SOME ROADS IN DOWNTOWN LAFAYETTE WILL BE CLOSED BEGINNING TODAY AS CREWS WORK TO INSTALL BOLLARDS. THE WORK WILL BE DONE ON EAST MAIN, EAST CONGRESS AND LAFAYETTE STREETS. BOLLARDS ARE SHORT STURDY POSTS DESIGNED TO KEEP CARS FROM ENTERING PEDESTRIAN ZONES. THE CLOSURES WILL CONTINUE UNTIL APRIL FOURTH.
THE U-S SUPREME COURT WILL HEAR ARGUMENTS TODAY OVER WHETHER LOUISIANA SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO HAVE TWO MAJORITY BLACK DISTRICTS. ORIGINALLY LOUISIANA HAD ONE BLACK MAJORITY DISTRICT BUT A FEDERAL JUDGE ORDERED THE GOVERNOR AND LEGISLATURE TO CREATE A SECOND MAJORITY BLACK DISTRICT. THE JUDGE AGREED WITH A GROUP OF BLACK VOTERS THAT ARGUED THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT REQUIRED IT BECAUSE A THIRD OF THE STATE’S POPULATION IS BLACK. ANOTHER GROUP OPPOSED TO THE JUDGE’S RULING CLAIMS THE NEW MAP RELIES ON RACE AND IS AN ILLEGAL GERRYMANDER UNDER THE EQUAL PROTECTION CLAUSE OF THE CONSTITUTION.
CROWLEY POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING TWO SHOOTINGS THAT HAPPENED LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. A WOMAN WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD ON EAST ASH STREET. SHE WAS FOUND IN A FORD RANGER AND TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT. SHORTLY BEFORE THAT A MAN WAS REMOVED FROM SAM’S PLACE BECAUSE HE BECAME UPSET AND PULLED OUT A GUN. WITNESSES SAY THE MAN FIRED SEVERAL ROUNDS INTO THE AIR AS HE DROVE AWAY.
