It said the Vinton Police Department officer had been sent to investigate an argument between two motorists parked on the shoulder of the Interstate 10 westbound entrance ramp from Louisiana Highway 108.
Odegar got out of her car and pointed a gun at the officer, according to the statement by Trooper First Class Derek Senegal. During the confrontation, the officer discharged his weapon striking Odegar, Senegal wrote.
State police, as is standard in shootings by local officers, are investigating the shooting. Vinton police are investigating the motorists dispute.
Early Tuesday, police in Berwick fatally shot a would-be carjacker, armed with what appeared to be a handgun but turned out to be a BB pistol, state police said.
Madison Parish – On May 31, 2021, at approximately 9:30 a.m., the Madison Parish Sheriff’s Office (MPSO) requested assistance from Louisiana State Police with an armed subject who initially barricaded himself in his vehicle on U.S. Hwy 65, north of Tallulah. Troopers, LSP Investigators, and Crisis Negotiators, responded to the scene to assist.
The preliminary investigation revealed that deputies with the MPSO were contacted by the Warren County Sheriff’s Office in Mississippi in reference to a wanted subject traveling west on Interstate 20. The subject, identified as 29-year-old Michael Jackson of Vicksburg, MS, was wanted for several offenses including the dragging of Warren County Sheriff’s Office deputies as they attempted to take Jackson into custody. Upon being located by MPSO, Jackson fled from deputies and ultimately crashed into a ditch alongside U.S. Hwy 65. Once stopped, Jackson brandished a handgun and threatened suicide leading MPSO deputies to secure the scene a