The. Suspect of shooting under “constant” surveillance in a medical establishment

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (WAFB) – Louisiana state police officials have reported that Matthew Mire is under “constant” surveillance at a capital region medical facility.

According to LSP, Mire was taken to hospital with injuries he sustained from a K-9 bite and a suspected self-inflicted gunshot wound to the leg.

Authorities have identified Mire as the suspect in a shootout in several parishes that killed two people and sent three others to hospital.

Authorities identified the victims as Adam Gaubert and Pamala Adair, 19-year veterans of the Louisiana State Police. Ascension Ward Sheriff Bobby Webre described Adair as Mire’s “half-sister”.

Upon his release from the medical facility, Mire will face charges including aggravated flight of an officer, attempted first degree murder of a police officer and first degree murder of a police officer. in the parish of Ascension.

Mire also faces an aggravated flight from an officer and an attempted first degree murder of a police officer in East Baton Rouge Parish.

Officials said Mire’s wave of alleged crimes began around midnight Saturday in Livingston Parish. MPs were dispatched to a mobile home park on LA 444 near French Settlement, where they found two people shot dead.

Livingston Parish Sheriff Jason Ard said the two victims told investigators a gunman barged into their door, shortly after hearing a noise outside their home.

The sheriff said the two victims must survive.

It is believed that Mire then boosted a truck from a house in the area.

“I woke up when my son called me around 7:15 am to tell me that he noticed his truck had been stolen, he was in a residence in French Settlement during the night, he woke up to take the dogs to walk around 7am. in the morning and I noticed her truck was missing, ”said Tasha Ryan, who claims to be the owner of the stolen vehicle. “Just to know that someone who is capable of doing such things was a few feet from the front door of my house where my son was staying, I am just so grateful that he found the spare keys that were to be found. were in the truck and he took the truck and left.

Officials said Mire’s next stop was on Dutton Road in Prairieville where Pamala Adair and her partner were shot. The man who was shot remains in critical condition.

LSP leaders said Mire’s next stop was in Baton Rouge.

A soldier attempted to fire Mire on LA 42 east of LA 73 (Jefferson Hwy) in East Baton Rouge Parish shortly after 5 a.m., an LSP spokesperson said. Officials said a brief shootout erupted between Mire and the soldier and continued with a chase on LA 73 to Hoo Shoo Too Road.

Mire then fled the stage on Hoo Shoo Too Road at the Tiger Bend Bridge, according to LSP executives.

After a search lasting several hours, soldiers arrested Mire shortly before 10 p.m. on Saturday, officials said at a late-night press conference.

At the same press conference, LSP leaders also noted that Gaubert’s body had been found in Prairieville and that Mire was the alleged killer.

However, an investigation into exactly when Gaubert was shot and how that shooting fits into the timeline of Mire’s other alleged crimes is still ongoing.

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