11-year-old and adult killed in LaPlace double homicide

LAPLACE, La. ( WGNO ) — An 11-year-old girl and an adult are dead following a double homicide that occurred on Friday, Oct. 4, in LaPlace.

According to the St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to reports of shots fired at a home in the 1300 block of North Sugar Ridge Drive at 11:48 p.m., where they found three victims who had been shot.

Two of the victims, an 11-year-old girl and a 50-year-old man, were declared dead at a local hospital after succumbing to their injuries. The third person was grazed by a gunshot.

Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call SJPSO Detective Sergeant Vince Smith at 504-494-3696 or 985-359-8763. Citizens can also call the SJPSO tips line at 985-359-TIPS, Crimestoppers at 504-822-1111, or submit a tip on the sheriff’s office’s website .

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