Location

July 31, 2023

100 block of W Beauregard St
Ville Platte, Louisiana

Participants

Incident Characteristics

• Shot - Wounded/Injured
• Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, suicide)
• Officer Involved Incident
• Officer Involved Shooting - Officer killed
• Officer Involved Shooting - subject/suspect/perpetrator killed
• Officer Involved Shooting - Bystander shot
• Drug involvement
• Possession of gun by felon or prohibited person

Notes

1 officer killed, 2 non leo shot (1 killed) while serving warrant. An 18 year old women was arrested and then released by LE. Poss 2nd officer shot

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

• Type: Unknown

Sources

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• URL: https://www.katc.com/news/evangeline-parish/shots-fired-in-ville-platte

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• URL: https://www.wafb.com/2023/08/01/police-officer-another-dead-following-ville-platte-shooting/

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• URL: https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/crime_police/slain-ville-platte-deputy-marshal-identified/article_1d49252e-3085-11ee-b49e-c32fbdc0bbf8.html

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• URL: https://www.kadn.com/news/ville-platte-deputy-marshal-dead-another-person-critically-wounded-suspect-killed-in-shootout/article_05489652-3022-11ee-87bb-6397e2ac30c2.html

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• URL: https://www.katc.com/news/evangeline-parish/update-more-details-in-deadly-ville-platte-shooting

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• URL: https://www.klfy.com/local/evangeline-parish/law-enforcement-investigate-ville-platte-shooting-officers-possibly-shot/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=socialflow&fbclid=IwAR2C2K5dOhLhuerMjFBjTzrd2K7_UJJEDbi6slHJOj8iChqZyZGy7HhpTzw

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• URL: https://www.kplctv.com/2023/08/03/shooting-suspect-accused-murder-following-death-ville-platte-officer/

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• URL: https://www.katc.com/news/evangeline-parish/update-second-fatality-identified-in-ville-platte-shooting

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• URL: https://www.klfy.com/local/evangeline-parish/daughters-of-two-other-victims-in-deadly-officer-involved-shooting-speak-out/

District

Congressional District: 4
State Senate District: 28
State House District: 38