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Three Officers Shot; One Dead following a Shooting in St. Mary Parish

Posted: Jan 26, 2013 1:01 PM by Nichole Guillory
Updated: Jan 28, 2013 12:58 PM


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Troopers say, officers in St. Mary Parish were responding to a report of a fire this morning in Charenton, near the casino. When they arrived on scene they found a suspect armed with a gun. Three officers were shot. Two have been transferred to the hospital with critical injures. One officer is in a Lafayette hospital and the other in New Orleans. The third officer died as a result of his injuries. The suspect is in custody.

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