![]() ![]() ![]() 9, more than 14 hours before the body was discovered. Is he outside that area? Has he committed suicide? Is he hiding in a deer stand or vacant house? We don’t know,” Ard added.Davis said camera footage obtained by investigators shows a truck police say was stolen by Mire entering the area where Gaubert was parked about 2:30 a.m. “We’re pretty confident he’s contained to the perimeter, but we need to be cautious. “We need to get this guy into custody because there’s gonna be no sleep until he is,” Livingston Parish Sheriff Jason Ard told the newspaper, noting a motive in the shootings has not yet been established. The driver, whom investigators believe was Mire, refused to stop, opened fire on the trooper and continued firing upon the trooper throughout a high-speed chase, The Advocate reported. Mire then allegedly encountered a Louisiana State Police trooper at around 5 a.m., who attempted to pull over the blue Chevy. The male victim in the Prairieville home is listed in critical condition, while the female victim, 37-year-old Pamela Adair, died from her wounds at an area hospital, the TV station reported. Mire is then accused of breaking into a Livingston Parish home and opening fire, before attacking the occupants of a Prairieville home in Ascension Parish. Investigators believe Mire knew the victims, and he is also accused of stealing a blue 2013 Chevrolet Silverado in Livingston Parish to escape, WWL-TV reported. The victims told police that they heard a noise outside their home before someone barged through the front door and opened fire. Both victims were transported to area medical centers for treatment and are expected to recover. wyITeY95lw- Robert Hollins October 9, 2021ĭeputies with the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office first responded to a mobile home park and found two victims suffering gunshot wounds, WWL-TV reported.Īccording to a news release issued by the sheriff’s office, a male victim was shot in the arm, while a female victim was struck in her arm and leg. #UPDATE New photo of Matthew Mire, person of interest connected to multiple scenes in EBR, Ascension, & Livingston Parish. “He served selflessly and courageously to keep our people and our communities safe, and he represents the best of all us.” “Master Trooper Adam Gaubert dedicated his long career with the Louisiana State Police to protecting the people of our state and it is with a heavy heart that I mourn his death from injuries sustained in the line of duty on Saturday,” he said. ![]() John Bel Edwards praised authorities for capturing Mire and shared condolences for Gaubert’s family. In a statement released Sunday, Louisiana Gov. “We still do not know the motive - we don’t know why this guy shot five people today and tried to shoot a sixth,” he said, referring to a gunfight Mire allegedly got into with another trooper on Saturday. At least three other people were injured.Īt a news conference late Saturday, Ascension Parish Sheriff Bobby Webre said authorities still had “a lot of unanswered questions.” Mire is accused of killing Gaubert and 37-year-old Pamela Adair in a spate of shootings Saturday, WBRZ-TV reported. “The suspect, 31-year-old Matthew Mire, was taken into custody this evening shortly before 10 p.m. “Preliminary information indicates that Trooper Gaubert was shot and killed in the area in which an early morning homicide occurred,” Louisiana State Police said in a statement. 10: Police said Gaubert, a 19-year veteran of Louisiana State Police, was ambushed and killed in his patrol unit.
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