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Category: Murders

Two murders, five shooting victims kept police busy last week

March 10, 2022March 25, 2022 Free PressBreaking News, Murders

Police Departments and Sheriff Deputies have been busy investigating a string of unrelated shootings that have resulted in at least two deaths and several injured. The shootings are troubling even though police constantly report to the media that acts of…

Edward Patrick, Monroe LA, Murders, shootings, West Monroe LA

Teen killed in another Southside Shootout

September 30, 2021September 30, 2021 Free PressBreaking News, Murders

Another youth is dead in the seemingly endless stream of murders and violent assaults in Monroe. A Saturday night shooting in Monroe claimed the life of 17-year-old Jarvis Varner, Jr. Monroe police responded to the shooting that happened just before…

Jarvis Varner Jr.

When will it end?

September 9, 2021October 4, 2021 Free PressBreaking News, Murders

Two die, three wounded in two separate shootings; An Editorial The senseless murders in our city continue in what appears to be a continuous litany of shootings, stabbings, and random acts of violence. Each shooting seems to spark more shootings…

Jadarrius Ross, Murder, Rodrecas Cobbs, Second Degree Murder

Second suspect gets slap on wrist as murders, shootings continue

July 15, 2021July 15, 2021 Free PressBreaking News, Crime, Murders

As shootings and murders in our community continue, another person originally charged with murder, has been given a slap on the wrist.    Four years ago, Devontae Coleman was arrested and charged for his part in the murder of Junius…

Devontae Coleman, Junius Benton, Murder, shootings

Twin remembers murder of brother by W. Monroe Police

August 13, 2020August 20, 2020 Free PressBreaking News, Murders

It was 45 years ago, before cell phones and police body cams that the family of Kenneth Ray Sampson mourned the death of their son, brother, and uncle. He was unarmed, murdered by West Monroe Police and the grieving mother…

City of West Monroe, Kenneth Ray Sampson, West Monroe Police

Second suspect nabbed in Shelling Parking Lot shooting

April 9, 2020April 9, 2020 Free PressBreaking News, Crime, Murders

A second man has been arrested in connection with a March 24th shooting on the parking lot of Shelling Elementary. Ouachita Parish sheriff deputies have executed an arrest warrant for Devonta Dreshawn Johnson, 26, of 213 Selman Drive, and charged…

Devonta Dreshawn Johnson

Police arrest Lampley in Alice Heckard murder

October 6, 2019October 10, 2019 Free PressBreaking News, Murders

Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Deputies have arrested a man in the shooting death of a Monroe mother, Sunday in the Town and Country neighborhood. Deputies arrested Charles Ray Lampley, 33, of 157 Paula Drive, West Monroe, on charges of second degree…

Alice Heckard, Charles Ray Lampley

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