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A LAFAYETTE WOMAN WAS SHOT IN THE FOOT WHILE SLEEPING ON HER COUCH YESTERDAY MORNING. SHE LIVED ON THE 7700 BLOCK OF AVALONE DRIVE. ACCORDING TO POLICE, THE WOMAN WOKE UP TO THE SOUND OF SEVERAL GUNSHOTS OUTSIDE AROUND 3:54 SUNDAY MORNING. THAT’S WHEN SHE REALIZED SHE WAS SHOT IN THE FOOT. THE VICTIM IS RECOVERING AT UNIVERSITY HEALTH.
A SMALL PLANE CRASH LANDED SATURDAY NIGHT WEST OF MEYERS FIELD, ALONG I-10 NEAR HWY 165. THE PILOT TOLD OFFICIALS THAT HE LOST ALTITUDE FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON AND WAS ABLE TO CRASH LAND THE PLANE SAFELY AND WITHOUT INJURY WEST OF THE AIRFIELD IN THE BRUSH. THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION IS INVESTIGATING THE CRASH.
(AP) — State police say a south Louisiana sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a man who came at him with a knife after a standoff. Master Trooper Brooks David says the shooting occurred about 1:30 a.m. Sunday in New Iberia. He says the suspect was 40-year-old Shannon Labit (lah-BEE) of New Iberia. David did not release the Iberia Parish sheriff’s deputy’s name. David says that, according to the sheriff’s office, Labit had stabbed two people earlier at another home. He says he doesn’t know how long the standoff lasted. David referred other questions to the sheriff, who could not be reached. The shift lieutenant on duty did not return a phone call. Deputies patrol New Iberia because the city doesn’t have a police department.
IN EVANGELINE PARISH, A MAN WAS SHOT AT A PRE 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION . JULIE DARCE HAS STORY.
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WHAT STARTED OUT AS A 20 ACRE CONTROLLED BURN BY A LANDOWNER IN CARLYSS SATURDAY MORNING, TURNED INTO AN OUT OF CONTROL FIRE THAT BURNED 80 ACRES. THE CONTROLLED FIRE WAS OFF OF LA 108 AND ARENO ROAD AND CAUSED SO MUCH SMOKE THAT IT COULD BE SEEN FROM THE 2-10 BRIDGE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE CARLYSS FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED IN BY THE LANDOWNER WHEN HE COULDN’T CONTAIN IT ANYMORE. THE SULPHUR AND HOUSTON RIVER FIRE DEPARTMENTS ALSO HELPED PUT THE FIRE OUT.
