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Fontenot Makes First Court Appearance

Posted: Feb 13, 2013 1:55 PM by Ian Auzenne
Updated: Feb 20, 2013 4:32 PM


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The suspect in a fatal weekend shooting made his first court appearance this afternoon. The attorney for Seth Fontenot filed a motion to set bail on the first-degree murder charge and to reduce the bond on the attempted first-degree murder charges. A hearing date has not yet been set.

Fontenot is accused of firing shots early Sunday morning at a truck driving along Green Meadow Drive. The three teens in the truck were struck. One of them, 15-year-old Austin Rivault, died from his wounds.

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