Louisiana State Police has taken over the investigation of a man fatally shot by law enforcement in Pineville Sunday (June 18). The man involved was being sought in connection to a homicide investigation in Alexandria.
LSP shared that it was contacted by the Alexandria Police Department in reference to a shooting involving police on Sunday morning.
According to LSP, officers with APD, Pineville Police, and the Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office responded to the Arbor Hill Senior Apartments on E. Shamrock Street in Pineville.
At some point, LSP shared that the officers encountered the man and “an altercation ensued” leading to shots fired. The man was pronounced dead.
According to LSP, officers from APD, PPD, and RPSO were in Pineville looking for a man connected to a homicide investigation in Alexandria on Saturday.
“As far as I understand, there was a homicide investigation they had yesterday,” said LSP Master Trooper Casey Wallace with Troop E. “They were investigating that, which led them to the Pineville area to further that investigation. I don’t want to speak on their investigation.”
The Alexandria Police Department published a release on Sunday afternoon, more than 20 hours after the shooting had occurred, stating that 37-year-old Lakeisha Hayward of San Antonio was shot and killed, and three others were shot and taken to the hospital with life-threatening wounds.
According to APD, the shooting happened around 9:35 Saturday night at 3323 Willow Glen River Road.
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