State Police investigating fatal officer-involved shooting

Published 3:25 pm Monday, November 20, 2023

State Police are investigating an officer-involved shooting in Sulphur that happened late Sunday night at a home on Henning Drive.

Trooper Sgt. Derek Senegal said Sulphur Police received a call at about 11 p.m. regarding a weapon being discharged near a local business on Ruth Street. The complainant provided additional details about a silver vehicle leaving the area and heading east on Henning Drive.

Senegal said responding Sulphur officers found a vehicle matching the description parked in the driveway of a residence in the 600 block of Henning Drive.

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“Officers encountered the subjects standing around the vehicle at this location,” Senegal said. “During the course of the interaction, a subject was shot by one of the officers. The subject was subsequently transported to a nearby hospital, where he later died.”

No officers were harmed, Senegal said.

Anyone with information, pictures, or videos related to the shooting is asked to come forward and share it with LSP Investigators by calling 337-527-9111; visiting the LSP online reporting system at www.la-safe.org and click on “suspicious activity”; or calling the Fusion Center Hotline at 1-800-434-8007.