7-5-23
THE ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING A HOMOCIDE AT THE KATHY APARTMENTS ON KATHY MEADOWS LANE, JUST WEST OF CROWLEY. DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO REPORTS OF A SHOOTING SUNDAY NIGHT BUT FOUND NO ONE WHO HAD BEEN INJURED BY GUNSHOTS. ON MONDAY, THEY WERE CALLED ABOUT A BODY FOUND ON THE PROPERTY OF THE KATHY APARTMENTS AND IT IS BELIEVED TO BE THE VICTIM IN THE SUNDAY NIGHT SHOOTING. NO OTHER DETAILS HAVE BEEN RELEASED.
THE LAFAYETTE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS REACHED AN AGREEMENT ON A PARTNERSHIP TO HELP POLICE WITH MENTAL HEALTH SITUATIONS. ON MONDAY, THE POLICE CHIEF MET WITH A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SYSTEM OUT OF MANDEVILLE AND CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ACADIANA. SERGEANT ROBIN GREEN TELLS KLFY TV THAT THE PARTNERSHIP IS IN THE PLANNING STAGES. THEY ARE CONSIDERING HAVING A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL RIDE WITH OFFICERS.
ONE PERSON WAS KILLED IN AN OVERNIGHT SHOOTING IN JENNINGS. POLICE CHIEF DANNY SEMMES SAYS OFFICERS RESPONDED TO A CALL ABOUT THE SHOOTING AT THE CYRUS HOMES ON MCKINLEY STREET AT AROUND TWELVE-FORTY-FIVE THIS MORNING. A PERSON OF INTEREST IS IN CUSTODY BUT THEIR NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED. JENNINGS POLICE SAYS THE SUSPECT MAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR OTHER RECENT SHOOTINGS IN THE CITY.
A NEW STATE LAW WENT INTO EFFECT THIS MONTH THAT DOES NOT ALLOW THOSE UNDER THE AGE OF SIXTEEN TO HAVE A SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT WITHOUT THEIR PARENTS PERMISSION. REPUBLICAN STATE SENATOR PATRICK MCMATH OF COVINGTON AUTHORED THE BILL THAT WAS SIGNED INTO LAW BY THE GOVERNOR. UNDER THE LAW, SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES MUST MAKE COMMERCIALLY REASONABLE EFFORTS TO VERIFY THE AGE OF LOUISIANA ACCOUNT HOLDERS AND PARENTS WILL BE GIVEN A REASONALBLE METHOD OF GIVING THEIR CONSENT, LIKE A FORM TO SUBMIT OR A TOLL-FREE NUMBER TO CALL. COURTS CAN IMPOSE A CIVIL PENALTY OF TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE ACT.
A JEANERETTE FAMILY IS SEEKING TO RAISE TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS THROUGH A GOFUNDME PAGE TO PAY FOR REPAIRS TO THEIR DAMAGED HOME. ONE WEEK AGO, A TREE FELL ON TOP OF A MOBILE HOME WITH THREE PEOPLE INSIDE, BERNARD AND LOUISE GAGE AND THEIR GRANDCHILD. THE TREE CAME CRASHING INTO THE ROOM WHERE BERNARD WAS SLEEPING, BUT NO ONE WAS INJURED. CLARENCE CLARK, THE FIRE CHIEF FOR SAINT MARY PARISH DISTRICT ELEVEN, SAYS THEY WERE ABLE TO HELP THE FAMILY BY GETTING THE RED CROSS INVOLVED, CUTTING UP THE TREE AND GETTING TARP ON THE HOME.
OPELOUSAS POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A DRIVE-BY SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF MARTIN LUTHER KING DRIVE AND GARLAND AVENUE AT AROUND FIVE YESTERDAY MORNING. A MAN, WHOSE NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED, WAS DRIVING THROUGH THE AREA WHEN GUNSHOTS CAME FROM ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE MAN SUFFERED A SERIOUS INJURY TO THE ARM BUT MANAGED TO DRIVE HIMSELF TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT. POLICE INVESTIGATORS ARE REVIEWING SURVEILLANCE VIDEO FROM THE AREA IN AN ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY THE SHOOTER.
TRAFFIC FATALITIES ARE ON THE RISE IN LOUISIANA, ACCORDING TO A REPORT FROM THE ROAD INFORMATION PROGRAM, OR TRIP. TRAFFIC FATALITIES JUMPED BY TWENTY-ONE PERCENT FROM TWENTY-NINETEEN TO TWENTY-TWENTY-TWO. DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND RESEARCH, ROCKY MORETTI, SAYS THE TRAFFIC FATALITY RATES ARE TOO HIGH BUT THEY’RE EVEN HIGHER IN CERTAIN STATES INCLUDING LOUISIANA. MORETTI SAYS THE REPORT SHOWS IMPROVING THE NUMBERS BEGINS WITH THE DRIVERS BUT IT’S ALSO IMPORTANT FOR AGENCIES TO MAKE NEEDED ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS AND REPAIRS.
THE EIGHTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL ERATH FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION CONTINUED YESTERDAY WITH THE WATER FIGHT BETWEEN ACADIANA FIRE DEPARTMENTS. DANIELLE DUNCAN HAS MORE.
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