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ANOTHER OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING LEFT TWO LAFAYETTE POLICE OFFICERS INJURED AND A CHILD DEAD. A WOMAN AND ANOTHER CHILD WERE ALSO INJURED. LAFAYETTE POLICE INITIALLY RESPONDED TO A FIGHT AT A HOME ON SOUTH GENERAL MARSHALL STREET JUST AFTER TWO A-M SATURDAY MORNING. AS OFFICERS SPOKE WITH THE BELIEVED PARTIES IN THE FIGHT THE SUSPECT OPENED FIRE; TWO OFFICERS WERE SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES, BOTH OFFICERS WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. ONE OFFICER HAS SINCED BEEN RELEASED AND IS AT HOME RECOVERING FROM HIS INJURIES. THE OTHER OFFICER IS STILL IN THE HOSPITAL THIS MORNING. ONE CHILD WAS ALSO PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE AND ONE WOMEN AND CHILD WERE CRITICALLY INJURED. THE NEIGHBORHOOD AROUND THE SHOOTING IS SHOCKED AT WHAT HAPPENED. LAFAYETTE POLICE TELL US THE SUSPECT WAS LATER TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND IS RECEIVING MEDICAL TREATMENT AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL. WHEN THE SUSPECT IS MEDICALLY CLEARED THEY WILL BE BOOKED IN THE LAFAYETTE PARISH JAIL. LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS IN CHARGE OF THE INVESTIGATION. THEY’RE ASKING FOR ANYONE WITH PHOTOS, VIDEOS OR INFORMATION TO CONTACT THEIR OFFICE.
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FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN SET FOR VILLE PLATTE DEPUTY MARSHALL BARRY GIGLIO. HE AND ANOTHER MAN WERE KILLED IN AN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING LAST MONDAY. VISITATION FOR GIGLIO WILL BE HELD WEDNESDAY, AUGUST NINTH AT OUR LADY OF PREPETUAL HELP CATHOLIC CHURCH IN BELLE CHASE. THAT WILL TAKE PLACE FROM NINE A-M UNTIL FUNERAL MASS AT NOON. INTERNMENT WILL FOLLOW AT LAKE LAWN CEMENTARY IN METAIRIE. FOR FLOWERS THE FAMILY IS ASKING FOR PEOPLE TO MAKE DONATIONS IN BARRY’S NAME TO THE FALLEN OFFICER FOUNDATION. FOR MORE INFORMATION YOU CAN FIND OUT HOW TO MAKE DONATIONS ON OUR WEBSITE AT KLFY DOT COM.
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IN LAFAYETTE PARISH, AN OPELOUSAS TEEN AND A CHURCH POINT TEEN ARE DEAD AFTER A CRASH ON I-FORTY-NINE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SIXTEEN YEAR OLD JOSE ALVAREZ AND SIXTEEN YEAR OLD MARLIN GARCIA BOTH LOST THEIR LIVES. THE CRASH HAPPENED ON I-FORTY-NINE NEAR THE CARENCRO EXIT. STATE POLICE SAID ALVAREZ AND GARCIA WERE IN A GMZ IN THE OUTSIDE LANE, POSSIBLY STOPPED WHEN A BOX TRUCK RAN INTO THE BACK OF THEIR VEHICLE CAUSING THEM TO OVERTURN INTO THE MEDIAN. BOTH DIED AT THE SCENE. TROOPERS SAY THE DRIVER SUBMITTED A BREATH SAMPLE THAT REVEALED NO ALCHOL PRESENT AND HE SHOWED NO SIGNS OF IMPAIRMENT. THE CRASH REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
