A Louisiana State Police officer was found dead in Ascension Parish as law enforcement authorities swept across the region looking for a suspect in the murder of one person and the shooting of several others.
Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office
The New Orleans branch of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said it was assisting on scene where the officer was found dead and confirmed the death was tied to"a manhunt for a gunman tied to multiple shootings in several parishes this weekend." Authorities have spent Saturday searching for Matthew Mire, 31, who is suspected of breaking into a home and shooting two people in Prairieville around 3 a.m. on Saturday, according to the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office.
Just hours earlier, in nearby Livingston Parish, Mire is suspected of breaking into another home and shooting two other people. In that incident a woman was shot twice in the arm and leg and a man was shot once in the arm. Both are expected to recover, Livingston Parish Sheriff Jason Ard said."The pair tells detectives that they heard a noise outside of their home. They then witnessed someone barging in through their front door and firing shots," Ard said.
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