Two people are dead after the shooting of a Union Parish man followed by the death of the suspect in Ouachita Parish when he opened fire on deputies.
The Union Parish Sheriff’s Office said its deputies responded to a complaint of shots fired in the Crossroads community near Farmerville about 6:30 p.m. Sunday. While on their way to the scene, deputies received additional information from witnesses that someone had been shot.
Responders found an adult man dead on the home’s front porch. Witnesses told UPSO the shooting happened because of an argument.
A suspect was identified and Ouachita Parish deputies located the suspect’s car in front of his home on Topic Drive in Monroe. As OPSO SWAT prepared to serve an arrest warrant, the suspect set the house on fire.
OPSO said as SWAT approached the residence, the suspect fired shots at the deputies who returned fire. The suspect died at the scene. No deputies were injured.
The suspect’s identity has not been released publicly.
An investigation into the officer-involved shooting is being conducted by the Northeast Louisiana Sheriff’s Investigative Unit, a team of investigators representing the sheriff’s offices of Caldwell, Franklin, Lincoln, Morehouse, Ouachita, Richland and Union Parishes. Investigators assigned to the unit are experienced homicide or major crimes investigators who report to a lead investigator. The lead investigator is certified by the State of Louisiana as a homicide investigator trained in officer-involved shooting investigations.
