One dead, one injured in standoff involving 6-year-old in St. James Parish
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Updated: 12:51 PM CST Jan 8, 2021
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Updated: 12:51 PM CST Jan 8, 2021
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PROSECUTORS INVESTIGATING HILL’S DEAT A MAN IS BEHIND BARS THIS MORNING, ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS OWN MOTHER AND BARRICADING HIMSELF INSIDE OF A HOME WITH HIS SIX-YEAR-OLD SON. THIS IS THE SUSPECT, 32-YEAR-OLD CARLOS WASHINGTON. THEY SHERIFF SAID DEPUTIES GOT A CALL 4:30 THURSDAY MORNING ABOUT A DOUBLE SHOOTING AT A HOME ON CONVENT STATION DRIVE, WHEN DEPUTIES SHOWED UP. THEY SAID WASHINGTON SHOT ONCE AT THEM AND BARRICADED HIMSELF INSIDE WITH HIS SIX-YEAR-OLD. HE LATER CAME OUT WITH HIS SON IN ONE ARM AND A GUN IN THE OTHER, EVENTUALLY LETTING HIS SON GO