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UPDATE – Suspect Ends Life: Woman Dies from Gunshot Wounds

Newsroom - November 24, 2023 6:54 pm

Lafayette Police Officers responded to the 2800 block of the Northeast Evangeline Thruway around 5:22 p.m. Officers arrived on the scene and located a female victim suffering from gunshot wounds.

UPDATE: Homicide Investigation

Newsroom - November 22, 2023 6:42 pm

Just after 5:00 p.m. on November 22, 2023, Lafayette Police Officers responded to a shooting in progress in the 2800 block of the Northeast Evangeline Thruway.

Vehicle Crash Involving Pedestrian

Newsroom - November 18, 2023 7:54 pm

Lafayette Police are on the scene of a major vehicle crash involving a pedestrian.

UPDATE: ATM Robbery Capitol One

Newsroom - November 3, 2023 1:16 pm

On November 3, 2023, at 10:25 a.m., The Lafayette Police Department responded to 4416 Ambassador Caffery Parkway regarding a robbery in progress.

UPDATE: Shooting Investigation

Newsroom - October 31, 2023 8:47 am

Lafayette Police are investigating a shooting that occurred near the intersection of North University Avenue and West Willow Street.

UPDATE – ARREST MADE: Shooting Incident 500 block of Orchid Drive leads to Homicide

Newsroom - October 29, 2023 4:40 pm

On Sunday, October 29, 2023, at 9 a.m., The Lafayette Police Department responded to the 500 block of Orchid Drive regarding a shooting incident.

(Correction) Man in Custody Regarding Domestic Abuse

Newsroom - October 28, 2023 4:35 pm

One man is in custody following an investigation by the Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office.

LPSO Arrested Man for Fentanyl

Newsroom - October 24, 2023 10:32 am

One man is arrested after Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Agents discovered approximately 775 grams of fentanyl and heroin in a Lafayette Parish residence last Tuesday.

UPDATE: Lafayette Police is Investigating an Attempted Murder/Suicide

Newsroom - October 23, 2023 12:57 pm

A sixty-three-year-old man shot his sixty-year-old ex-girlfriend/victim in her residence before dying of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Shooting in the 100 Block of Kettle Drive

Karen Lagrange Cox - October 22, 2023 7:31 am

At around 9:23 p.m., officers with the Lafayette Police Department responded to shots fired in the area of the 100 block of Kettle Drive.

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