UPDATE: Suspect arrested, rifle recovered after standoff in Lafayette
UPDATE: Lafayette Parish Sheriff Mark Garber has confirmed that the suspect in an afternoon standoff on Verot School Road in Lafayette, has surrendered and been arrested.
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) Deputies are at a residence in the 4800 block of Verot School Road where a man has reportedly barricaded himself.
According to the Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office spokesman John Mowell, deputies were attempting to issue a warrant at the home when a suspect shot at them. SWAT and State Police is on scene.
The shooting happened at approximately at 3 p.m.
“We are anyone to avoid this area completely,” Mowell said. He said the suspect was involved in a standoff with deputies about six months.
Still an active scene in the 4800 block of Verot School Rd. Both directions are blocked off. A man is reportedly barricaded inside his home after LPSO Deputies were executing a warrant for him and he fired a shot at a deputy. pic.twitter.com/36Dcybh7pO
— Sylvia Masters KLFY (@SMastersKLFY) July 24, 2019
“We are hoping to get this resolved peacefully,” Mowell said told News 10’s Sylvia Masters.
This is a developing story.