Police News

On Saturday, January 13, 2024, at approximately 7:29 a.m. Officers with the Broussard Police Department responded to the 400 block of Leisure Field Drive for an unresponsive male subject.

On January 1st, 2024, at 3:29 p.m., The Lafayette Police Department responded to the 100 block of Ancelet Street in Lafayette, Louisiana, regarding a shooting incident in progress.

On January 1, 2024, around 3:30 a.m., Lafayette Police responded to reports of shots being fired in the area of the 800 block of Martin Luther King Jr Drive.

At around 1:10 a.m., the Lafayette Police Department responded to the 500 block of Jefferson Street about shots being fired.

Today at 5:10 p.m., The Lafayette Police Department (LPD) responded to the 100 block of Ancelet Street about a shooting incident in progress. Upon arrival, one male victim was located in the area, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to his person.

Cody Louviere, Police Chief of Youngsville, advised that in the past month his officers have made three separate arrests of vehicle burglary suspects.

Today, December 26, 2023, at 12:23 p.m., the Lafayette Police Department responded to the 2800 block of Johnston Street regarding a traffic crash.

On the evening of December 19, 2023, at approximately 7:15 P.M., a Lafayette Police Officer was patrolling in the 100 block Happiness Street, when a female complainant contacted the officer.

Lafayette Police are currently on the scene and investigating a fatal traffic crash involving a bicyclist on the 3000 block I-49 NE Frontage Road.

Lafayette Police are on the scene of a major vehicle crash involving a pedestrian I-49 Northbound just north of the I-10 overpass.