4-17-23
THE FAMILY OF A MAN SHOT AND KILLED BY A LAFAYETTE POLICE OFFICER IS DEMANDING THE RELEASE OF BODY CAM FOOTAGE. TWENTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD DEIONDRE SOLOMAN WAS SHOT BY AN OFF DUTY LAFAYETTE POLICE OFFICER WHO WAS WORKING A SECURITY DETAIL AT LA BAMBA BAR AND LOUNGE SUNDAY NIGHT, APRIL THE NINTH. ON FRIDAY EVENING, THE FAMILY OF SOLOMAN GATHERED IN FRONT OF LA BAMBA BAR WHERE A CROWD CHANTED, “NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE”. A SPOKESPERSON FOR STATE POLICE, WHICH ARE HANDLING THE INVESTIGATION, SAYS IT’S UP TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY TO RELEASE THE BODY CAM FOOTAGE.
AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY AFTER A BODY WAS FOUND IN BREAUX BRIDGE OVER THE WEEKEND. SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.
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A STATE SENATOR FROM FRANKLINTON HAS INTRODUCED A BILL THAT WOULD BAN ANYONE UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE FROM ENTERING A BAR. REPUBLICAN SENATOR BETH MIZELL’S BILL WOULD ALSO KEEP ANYONE UNDER TWENTY-ONE FROM WORKING AT A BAR. IF APPROVED, BARS WOULD BE FINED BETWEEN A THOUSAND TO FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS DEPENDING ON HOW MANY VIOLATIONS THEY RECEIVE. MIZELL SAYS THERE ARE TOO MANY UNDERAGE STUDENTS THAT ARE ABLE TO DRINK ILLEGALLY AFTER BEING ALLOWED INTO A BAR UNDER CURRENT LAWS.
KYLE MIERS ANNOUNCED HIS CANDIDACY FOR JEFF DAVIS PARISH SHERIFF AT THE WELSH COMMUNITY CENTER THIS WEEKEND. MIERS IS AN ARMY NATIONAL GUARD VETERAN AND FOUNDER OF THE “STAY ALERT, STAY ALIVE” PROGRAM. MIERS SAYS HIS PASSION FOR PEOPLE AND KNOWING HE IS CALLED TO SERVE ARE THE REASONS FOR ANNOUNCING HIS CANDIDACY. HE SAYS ONE OF HIS MAIN GOALS IS TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE COMMUNITY SO THERE IS TRUST.
FIFTY-THREE TENANTS AT THE RIVERSIDE APARTMENT COMPLEX NEAR OAKBOURNE IN LAFAYETTE WILL BE DISPLACED BECAUSE OF A MAJOR RENOVATION. PROPERTY MANAGER SHAWN JOHNSON SAYS THE LIVING CONDITIONS HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED BECAUSE OF YEARS OF NEGLECT. HE TELLS KLFY TV THAT THEY’VE HELD A HANDFUL OF ROOMS AT ACADIAN CROSSING FOR THOSE DISPLACED AND THEY’LL HONOR THE SAME RATE. MANY OF THE TENANTS HAVE EXPRESSED SHOCK TO KLFY TV AFTER RECEIVING THEIR EVICTION NOTICES.
THE CITY OF JEANERETTE SUFFERED SOME DAMAGE FROM STORMS THAT HIT ACADIANA SATURDAY NIGHT. WINDS BLEW THE ROOF OFF OF THE WARD EIGHT RECREATION CENTER ON NORTH HUBERTVILLE ROAD. MAYOR CAROL BOURGEIOS JUNIOR TELLS KATC TV THAT THE STORM APPEARED TO PACK PRETTY STRONG WINDS. SEVERAL TREES THROUGHOUT THE CITY WERE KNOCKED DOWN AND THERE WERE POWER OUTAGES.
EARLY VOTING FOR THE APRIL TWENTY-NINTH MUNICIPAL GENERAL ELECTION BEGAN THIS WEEKEND AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS THE DETAILS.
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THE SAINT MARY PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS RELEASED THE IDENTITY OF A HOMOCIDE VICTIM THAT WAS SHOT EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. TWENTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD TATRAVIA RASHANNITA BRYANT OF NEW IBERIA WAS BROUGHT TO A MEDICAL FACILITY IN FRANKLIN WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND AND SHE LATER DIED. DETECTIVES HAVE LEARNED THE SHOOTING HAPPENED IN THE SAINT JOSEPH AREA. ANYONE WHO HAS INFORMATION ON THE SHOOTING IS ASKED TO CALL THE SAINT MARY PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE.
