4-19-23
THE ACTIVIST GROUP, VILLAGE THREE-THREE-SEVEN, WERE AT LAST NIGHT’S LAFAYETTE CITY AND PARISH COUNCIL MEETING TO REQUEST BODY CAM FOOTAGE FROM A POLICE-INVOLVED SHOOTING BE RELEASED. THE OFFICER, WHOSE NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED, WAS WORKING A SECURITY DETAIL AT LA BAMBA WHEN HE ALLEGEDLY SHOT AND KILLED TWENTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD DEIONDRE SOLOMON. THE GROUP’S PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR, DEVON NORMAN, ASKED THE COUNCIL TO SUPPORT AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING BODY CAM FOOTAGE BE RELEASED WITHIN FORTY-EIGHT HOURS OF AN OFFICER-INVOLVED INCIDENT. NORMAN SAYS HE ALSO BELIEVES AN OFFICER’S NAME, DISCIPLINARY HISTORY AND MENTAL HISTORY SHOULD ALSO BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC IF THEY ARE INVOLVED IN A PHYSICAL ALTERCATION OR DEATH.
AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING TO DETERMINE IF TWO PEOPLE ARRESTED BY OPELOUSAS POLICE ARE CONNECTED TO TWO SHOOTINGS. ONE OF THE SHOOTINGS HAPPENED LATE TUESDAY NIGHT ON PAVY ROAD IN WHICH A WOMAN WAS WOUNDED AFTER MULTIPLE SHOTS WERE FIRED AT A HOME. TWO MILES AWAY ON MIA STREET A MAN WAS SHOT IN THE LEG AND AN OFFICER CHASED A SUSPECT’S VEHICLE, ARRESTING THE TWO MEN, WHO EXITED THE VEHICLE AND TRIED TO FLEE ON FOOT. SEVERAL FIREARMS WERE FOUND IN THE VEHICLE AND A CRIME LAB IS SEEING IF THEY ARE A MATCH TO BOTH SHOOTINGS.
Campaign finance reports published Tuesday show Louisiana gubernatorial candidate Attorney General Jeff Landry has amassed more than $6.3 million, far more than any other candidate in the state. GOP State Treasurer John Schroder reported $2.4 million cash on hand. Trial attorney Hunter Lundy had one-point-eight million dollars cash on hand. Republicans Stephen Waguespack, state Sen. Sharon Hewitt, state Rep. Richard Nelson and Democrat Shawn Wilson all reported less than $1 million in cash on hand.
JENNINGS MAYOR HENRY GUINN SAYS HE AND THE COUNCIL HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE OLD JAMES WARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHICH CLOSED IN TWO THOUSAND FIVE. GUINN SAYS HE AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CURRENT OWNER ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE BUILDING IF IT REMAINS ABANDONED. THE BUILDING COULD BE DEMOLISHED IF FIFTY PERCENT OF REPAIRS ARE NOT MADE BY JANUARY FIRST, ACCORDING TO KLFY TV. THE COUNCIL PLANS TO DISCUSS FURTHER THE FUTURE OF THE BUILDING AT THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING SCHEDULED FOR MAY NINTH.
THE DEATHS OF TWO PEOPLE FOUND INSIDE A LAFAYETTE PARISH HOME HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED AS A MURDER SUICIDE. SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.
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LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES AGENTS, PATROLLING THE ATCHAFALAYA BASIN IN SAINT MARTIN PARISH, ARRESTED A GRAMERCY MAN, WHO THEY FOUND IMPAIRED WHILE COMMERCIALLY FISHING FOR CRAWFISH. SIXTY-YEAR-OLD BOBBY MCCLUNG WAS FOUND TO HAVE MARIJUANA IN HIS VESSEL. HE ALSO DID NOT HAVE THE REQUIRED LICENSE FOR COMMERCIAL HARVESTING OF CRAWFISH AND SIX BAGS OF LIVE CRAWFISH WERE PUT BACK IN THE WATER. MCCLUNG FAILED A FIELD SOBRIETY TEST AFTER BEING ESCORTED BACK TO THE BELLE RIVER PUBLIC BOAT LAUNCH AND WAS CHARGED WITH D-W-I ON THE WATER AND OTHER CHARGES.
AFTER NUMEROUS REPORTS OF DRIVE-BY SHOOTINGS ACROSS THE STATE, CLAIMING THE LIVES OF INNOCENT PEOPLE, ONE LEGISLATOR IS LOOKING TO INCREASE THE PENALTIES. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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CROWLEY POLICE ARE ASKING THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN IDENTIFYING THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR A SHOOTING ONE WEEK AGO IN WHICH TWO PEOPLE WERE WOUNDED, ONE CRITICALLY. MULTIPLE SUSPECTS EMERGED FROM A WOODED AREA AND FIRED ON A GROUP OF PEOPLE IN THE SIX HUNDRED BLOCK OF WEST TENTH STREET AT AROUND ELEVEN P-M ON APRIL THE ELEVENTH. THE SUSPECTS, WHO ARE BELIEVED TO BE JUVENILES OR YOUNG ADULT BLACK MALES, WERE LAST SEEN BEING PICKED UP BY SOMEONE DRIVING A GREEN SEDAN, BELIEVED TO BE A GRAND MARQUIS. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL SEVEN-EIGHT-NINE-TIPS, WHERE UP TO A TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED DOLLAR CASH REWARD IS BEING OFFERED FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO AN ARREST.
