Incident
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8-02-2017 Louisiana Coushatta 1-1
Location
August 02, 2017
Red River ParishCoushatta, Louisiana
Participants
- Type: Victim
- Participant Characteristics:
- Law Enforcement
- Name: Deputy
- Age Group: Adult 18+
- Status: Injured
- Type: Subject-Suspect
- Name: Preston Thornton
- Age: 29
- Age Group: Adult 18+
- Gender: Male
- Status: Killed
Incident Characteristics
- Shot - Wounded/Injured
- Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
- Officer Involved Incident
- Officer Involved Shooting - Officer shot
- Officer Involved Shooting - subject/suspect/perpetrator killed
- Shootout (where VENN diagram of shooters and victims overlap)
Notes
ALT: LA 480, shots exchanged between Vet and Deputies
Guns Involved
1 gun involved.
- Type: Unknown
Sources
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- URL: http://www.ksla.com/story/36031367/lsp-investigating-officer-involved-shooting-in-red-river-parish
District
Congressional District: 4State Senate District: 31
State House District: 23