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8124 2020-11-20 Troop L ** UPDATE ** State Police Investigating Deputy Involved Shooting in Tangipahoa Parish

TROOP L NEWS RELEASE
November 20, 2020


** UPDATE **

State Police Investigating Deputy Involved Shooting in Tangipahoa Parish


Update- The deceased suspect has been identified as 27-year-old Jordan D. Patterson of Pumpkin Center.

Robert – During the early morning hours of November 20, 2020, the Louisiana State Police Bureau of Investigations was requested by the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office to investigate a shooting incident involving one of their deputies.

The preliminary investigation revealed that shortly before 6:00 a.m., deputies responded to a 911 call in reference to a burglary in progress on Coleman Road in the Robert area. During the course of the incident, the burglary suspect and homeowner received gunshot wounds. The sequence of events and shooting remain part of the ongoing investigation with ballistic analysis pending. The suspect died on the scene and the homeowner was transported to a local hospital in stable condition. The responding deputy was not injured.

The Louisiana State Police Crime Lab is processing the incident scene and the investigation is active and ongoing with no further information available at this time. The identity of the deceased is being withheld pending notification to next of kin.

Contact Information:
S/T Jeremy Price
Louisiana State Police
Public Affairs Section
Office: (985) 893-6250
Jeremy.Price@LA.Gov

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