A Washington Parish Sheriff’s deputy was hospitalized after the incident.
A suspect was shot and killed by police after a struggle early Friday (March 23) at a boat launch in Bogalusa. A Washington Parish Sheriff’s deputy was injured in the incident and has been hospitalized, Louisiana State Police reported.
A preliminary investigation determined that at approximately 3:30 a.m., the Washington Parish Sheriff’s Office was contacted in reference to a suspicious person on a motorcycle at the boat launch on Poole’s Bluff Road in Bogalusa, according to a State Police news release. Shortly after a deputy arrived, a struggle occurred between the suspect and the deputy. Additional law enforcement units were called out to the boat launch.
Two Bogalusa Police Department officers were the first to arrive on scene and observed the suspect struggling with the deputy. Shots were fired and the suspect was killed, according to State Police.
The deputy was transported to Our Lady of the Angels Hospital in Bogalusa for treatment. The identity of the suspect is being withheld pending notification to next of kin.
The investigation into the shooting is ongoing and no other information is available at this time, State Police said in the news release.
