Lafourche Parish Sheriffs Office Investigating A Shooting

Lafourche Parish Sheriff Craig Webre announced a man was injured in a shooting in Raceland on Saturday. The incident remains under investigation.
Just prior to 11 a.m. on February 8, 2020, deputies responded to a report of shots fired in the area of St. Louis Street in Raceland. Through investigation, deputies learned a 22-year-old man was struck by two rounds to the torso and was taken to a hospital where he remains in stable condition.
Few details are known about the shooting incident at this time, and detectives are asking for the public’s help in this investigation. Anyone with any knowledge of this incident is asked to submit a tip anonymously through Crime Stoppers Bayou Region by phone at 1-800-743-7433, online at www.crimestoppersbr.org, or via the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office mobile app. Tipsters could be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000 in cash if the information leads to an arrest.