Staff Reports
Tragedy struck Calvin High School Saturday as head softball coach Chad Camp was shot and killed just two days prior to the team’s first round playoff game.
Camp, 51, was pronounced dead from a gunshot wound by the Winn Parish Coroners Office Saturday according to a press release from the Winn Parish Sheriff’s Office.
The press release said a 911 call came in Saturday from a shooting at 4985 LA 501 north of Calvin.
Deputies arrested a 17-year-old male. The name of the shooter has not been released as of press time and the teenager was charged with manslaughter and is being held at the Winn Parish Sheriff’s Office.
Camp and the No. 10 seeded Cougars (14-15) were set to defend their 2022 Class C state title today against No. 23 seed Castor in the opening round of the Non-Select School Division V Playoffs.
