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Four-year-old Injured in Home Invasion
The New Orleans Advocate reported on December 10 that a deadly home invasion in a New Orleans suburb could have been a whole lot worse. The spokesman for the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office stated that four armed men forced their way into a home at gunpoint. Sheriff’s Office spokesman Scott Lee said that the homeowner engaged in a shootout with the suspects shortly after they entered the home. In the flurry of bullets, a four-year-old in the house was injured by the crossfire. The homeowner must have been a good shot because two of the four suspects were fatally wounded. The incident is still being investigated by authorities, but police say the four-year-old has received medical treatment and is expected to make a full recovery.
Fox8.com reported on December 9 that neighbors in the normally quiet community where the crime occurred were shocked by the events. A neighbor told Fox8.com that the homeowner might have been pistol-whipped before he was able to retrieve his own firearm and shoot at the suspects.
The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office explained that the two surviving suspects are going to be charged with first-degree murder for the deaths of the deceased suspects. The Louisiana criminal code has a felony murder law that makes a suspect criminally liable for any deaths that occur during the commission of a violent felony. The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office said that the homeowner is not going to face any charges.
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