Lafayette Police injure one, kill another in separate shootings on Sunday

Ashley White, Lafayette Daily Advertiser
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Lafayette Police killed one person and injured another in two separate shootings on Sunday.

The department asked that both shootings be investigated by Louisiana State Police.

Police shot and killed a person, who has not yet been identified, at about 11 p.m. in the 1600 block of Pinhook Road, which is near where the road crosses the Vermilion River, state police spokesperson Trooper First Class Thomas Gossen said in a news release.

No officers were injured.

Fatal Lafayette Police shooting on Pinhook Road

An officer initially tried to pull over a Dodge that had been reported as stolen, Gossen said. When the responding cop turned on the emergency lights, the driver pulled into a parking lot and ran.

The first responder and a backup K-9 officer followed the driver, who jumped from a structure and fell to the ground, Gossen said. One of the cops discharged his Taser, which hit and shocked the K-9.

The driver reached for a gun, which was reportedly visible, despite instructions not to, Gossen said. One of the officers fatally shot the driver.

Police shooting on MLK Drive

Earlier that morning, at about 1 a.m., officers shot and injured a person at the corner of North St. Antoine Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.

The person who was shot was taken to a hospital, and no officers were injured.

The police department was initially responding to an altercation, a department spokesperson said.

Other police news: Former Lafayette Police Sgt. Wayne Griffin fired after sexual harassment investigation

This is the third officer shooting being investigated by state police this month.

LPD: Suspect drove through barricade on Jan. 16

A Lafayette Police officer shot at a car that drove through a barricaded crime scene on Jan. 16.

Officers reportedly had to leap out of the path of the vehicle to avoid being struck, and a Lafayette Police officer shot once at the oncoming car in an attempt to stop it, according to a news release. The car was not hit, and no one was injured.

More: Woman charged with attempted murder of police officer after driving through barricades

A 29-year-old Carencro woman was charged with two counts of attempted murder of a police officer, reckless operation of a motor vehicle and second offense of operating a vehicle while intoxicated.

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