The Latest: 2 wounded Louisiana deputies in stable condition
MONROE, La. – The Latest on wounding of two Ouachita Parish sheriff’s deputies (all times local):
11 a.m.
A sheriff in northeast Louisiana say two of his deputies are in stable condition after being shot while serving an arrest warrant.
Ouachita Parish Sheriff Jay Russell said the deputies when to a home in south Monroe just after 6 a.m. Thursday to serve eight warrants ranging from burglary to resisting arrest on 26-year-old Rickie Wade Jr.
Russell said one deputy entered the home and found Wade in a back room, while the other deputy was outside covering a window.
Russell says the deputy outside heard a scuffle and then a gunshot. When he entered the house, the sheriff said he was shot.
The sheriff says Wade was found several blocks away in another house and deputies used tear gas to force him out of the attic. He said Wade was arrested.
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9:40 a.m.
Authorities say two sheriff’s deputies in northeast Louisiana were shot and wounded while serving a felony warrant.
Glenn Springfield, the Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Office public information officer, said in an email that a news conference is scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday to discuss the shooting.
Ouachita Parish Chief Deputy Mac Mashaw said in a brief news release that the shooting happened just after 6 a.m.
The deputies are being treated at a Monroe hospital. Their conditions are unknown.
Thursday morning’s shooting is the second involving deputies in Louisiana in as many days. On Wednesday, a sheriff’s deputy across the state in Jefferson Parish was shot and killed by a 19-year-old suspect.
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8:53 a.m.
Authorities say two sheriff’s deputies in northeast Louisiana were shot and wounded while serving a felony warrant.
Ouachita Parish Chief Deputy Mac Mashaw said in a brief news release that the shooting happened just after 6 a.m. Thursday.
The deputies are being treated at a Monroe hospital. Their conditions are unknown.
Additional details about the shooting weren’t immediately available.
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