A Louisiana State Police trooper and at least one other officer were shot during a standoff with a man who they’d tried to serve a warrant on in rural Avoyelles Parish.
A Louisiana State Police trooper and at least one other officer were shot Thursday during a standoff with a man who they’d tried to serve a warrant on in rural Avoyelles Parish.
State police spokesman Maj. M. Doug Cain said the officers were taken to area hospitals for treatment of non-life threatening injuries. Their names have not been released.
Cain said the suspected gunman was taken into custody about 7: 20 p.m. He had been barricaded inside his house in Moreauville.
Avoyelles Parish Sheriff Doug Anderson told The Advocate (http: //bit.ly/2qZxWCk) Brandon Carpenter, 35, barricaded himself after he rammed his vehicle into officer’s vehicles during a chase on Highway 316 near Hessmer. It was unclear how the chase began.
Anderson said Carpenter fired a shotgun, apparently loaded with bird shot, and hit the trooper in the shoulder and the officer in the lip.
Carpenter had a warrant for domestic abuse battery, Anderson told The Advocate.
Avoyelles Parish is about 35 miles (56 kilometers) southeast of Alexandria.
