Louisiana's victimized family of the shooting went from 'happy' at & # 39; s broken & # 39; in the space of 24 hours

According to WAFB-TV, a subsidiary of CNN, she republished it, but she did not realize that two of the victims were her children – Summer Ernest and her brother Tanner, 17 years. Billy Ernest, 43, is another victim.

"It's crazy, my babies died for nothing," Champagne told WBRZ-TV, a subsidiary of CNN. "Their father is dead for nothing."

Theriot was taken to the Northern Neck Regional Prison and is currently being held without bail pending his appearance in court. He will be transported to the Parish of Ascension at a later date and will be charged with two first degree murders, an invasion of home and an illegal use of weapons; According to the WAFB, he is also charged with first degree murder and the theft of a motor vehicle in the parish of Livingston.

Theriot attended Summer and lived with the Ernest family for several weeks, said the Sheriff of the Livingston Parish, Jason Ard, Jason Ard. He was recently asked to leave the residence and not return, according to the authorities. Theriot's father identified his son as the gunman before he died, the authorities said.

Champagne told WAFB that she was at her mother's house when she learned about the shooting.

"I'm outside, a truck stops and a man says," Are you Rhonda? "

She has another son, Hunter Ernest, who told WBRZ the morning he discovered his brothers and sisters, was murdered.

" Before that, we were happy, then the police asked my mother to sit down. She told him what had happened and she was broken. We were broke, "said Hunter.

Crystal DeYoung, Billy Ernest's sister, said that accepting the fact that his loved ones were gone was" asking too much. "

" We were a family happy. It's no longer really the case, "she told WAFB, adding that she had missed her last visit to her home." I'll never get that back. "

D & B After WAFB, the summer was the "self-proclaimed mother of the family" glued to the hip with her brother Tanner.

"We are going to have to examine three coffins," said Evelyn Sing, the great -mother of children, at the WAFB. "It's already pretty serious, but we'll have to look at three."