6-2-21
THERE WAS A DEADLY CRASH ON INTERSTATE TEN YESTERDAY NEAR MILE MARKER NINETY-NINE IN LAFAYETTE PARISH. CAROLINE MARCELLO REPORTS.
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Authorities say police in Berwick fatally shot a would-be carjacker carrying what appeared to be a handgun. Louisiana State Police said the dead man’s weapon turned out to be a BB pistol. The shooting happened early Tuesday when the man ran from the local officers and attempted to steal a woman’s car. He was identified as 37-year-old Robert Pearce of New Iberia.
The Louisiana Senate has given quick final passage to a bill that would allow gun owners to carry concealed firearms without a permit. The measure is expected to provoke a veto from Gov. John Bel Edwards. The Senate voted 27-9 Tuesday for House changes to the bill by Republican Sen. Jay Morris of Monroe. The proposal would allow anyone 21 years or older in Louisiana to carry a concealed handgun without needing a permit, unless they are barred from having a firearm.
A SULPHUR MAN, INVOLVED IN A HIT AND RUN CRASH THAT LEFT ONE MAN DEAD OVER THE WEEKEND, TURNED HIMSELF IN TO POLICE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. TWENTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD KYLE JOSEPH NATALI WAS THE DRIVER OF A PICKUP TRUCK THAT HIT A SEDAN AT THE CORNER OF RYAN STREET AND PRIEN LAKE ROAD IN LAKE CHARLES, PUSHING IT INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE, WHICH HIT A FOURTH VEHICLE. THE DRIVER OF THE SEDAN, JOHN CARRIER OF LAKE CHARLES, WAS KILLED FROM INJURIES RECEIVED IN THE ACCIDENT. NATALI FACES ONE CHARGE OF HIT AND RUN.
A LAFAYETTE WOMAN SAYS A MAN ATTEMPTED TO ABDUCT HER THREE-YEAR-OLD SON WHILE HE WAS PLAYING ON THE PLAYGROUND AT GIRARD PARK. LAUREN NICHOLE SAYS ON FACEBOOK THAT THE MAN FLED WHEN HER ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD NIECE SOUNDED THE ALARM. SHE SAYS SHE LET HER GUARD DOWN FOR FIVE MINUTES TO FINISH EATING AND WAS ABOUT THIRTY FEET AWAY WHEN IT HAPPENED. NICHOLE SAYS SHE’S FORTUNATE THAT SHE USED THE BUDDY SYSTEM, PAIRING UP HER NIECE WITH HER SON, WHICH, SHE BELIEVES, IS SOMETHING EVERY PARENT SHOULD DO.
A MAN HAS DIED FROM INJURIES RECEIVED IN A FIGHT AT THE ESTHERWOOD POST OFFICE. THE ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS HANDLING THE INVESTIGATION. SHERIFF K-P GIBSON SAYS HIS DETECTIVES ARE INTERVIEWING WITNESSES AND REVIEWING SURVEILLANCE TAPE. POLICE CHIEF WAYNE WELSH SAYS THAT, AS OF YESTERDAY, THEY HAD NOT DETERMINED WHAT STARTED THE FIGHT BECAUSE OF CONFLICTING STATEMENTS.
LOUISIANA ADDED EIGHT HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE CONFIRMED COVID-NINETEEN CASES OVER THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ISSUED ITS FIRST REPORT SINCE LAST FRIDAY. THE STATE HAD TWELVE MORE DEATHS DUE TO COVID-NINETEEN. HOSPITALIZATIONS ROSE BY ELEVEN, WHILE THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS ON VENTILATORS INCREASED BY THREE.
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAD NO NEW DEATHS OVER THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. ACADIANA ADDED TWO, ONE EACH IN IBERIA AND SAINT MARY PARISHES. ACADIANA HAD ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-THREE NEW CONFIRMED COVID-NINETEEN CASES, LED BY LAFAYETTE PARISH WITH FORTY-TWO. SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA INCREASED ITS CASE TOTAL BY FOURTEEN, INCLUDING SEVEN IN ALLEN PARISH.
