TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — The suspect in a fatal shooting at a fast-food restaurant in Idaho died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said Sunday, crediting an off-duty officer and a citizen with firing shots that diverted him away.

Investigators are confident that the gunman, identified as 24-year-old Chad Williams, acted alone during the shooting Saturday in Twin Falls, Police Chief Matthew Hicks said at a news conference.

In all, three people died and seven others were injured at the recently opened restaurant in the southern Idaho city of about 56,000 people. Authorities said Sunday that two of the injured were treated at a hospital and released, three were listed as stable, and two were in critical condition.

Hicks said an off-duty state trooper and an armed citizen — whose identities weren’t immediately disclosed — both fired back and diverted the gunman away from the restaurant.

“We believe their actions helped drive the suspect away from the scene, preventing further casualties,” the chief said. “We want to take a moment and commend the actions of the off-duty officer and the citizen, and their heroic action to stop this incident."

Hicks said detectives are working to determine Williams’ motivations, and said the suspect’s family was cooperating fully with law enforcement.

He also warned of misinformation spreading online identifying a different man as the shooter, saying the man had “no involvement in this incident whatsoever.”

In-N-Out worker among the victims
One of those killed was an employee, the fast-food chain’s owner said.

“My heart is broken, my chest is heavy, my eyes burn from the tears I’ve shed. We lost one of our beautiful Associates tonight,” In-N-Out owner Lynsi Snyder said in a statement released early Sunday on social media. “In-N-Out will be mourning with the families and praying for them as they tread through a very painful season.”

The FBI on Sunday encouraged the public to submit images and videos related to the shooting Saturday in Twin Falls that left seven other people wounded, some critically.

The In-N-Out had opened just about a week earlier, on July 24, as part of the California-based company’s recent expansion to Idaho.

Snyder did not identify the worker. Officials were still trying to notify relatives of victims and so were not yet releasing the names, ages or other details about the people hurt in the shooting, Twin Falls spokesperson Josh Palmer said Saturday.

Police who responded to the shooting found the body of the suspected gunman in an area near the restaurant, Palmer said.

Palmer said investigators were interviewing witnesses to the shooting. The restaurant is in a busy shopping plaza, and hundreds of people were in the area when it happened around 2 p.m.

Witnesses describe chaotic scene
Lane Koehn, 34, said he was at a stoplight near the In-N-Out when he saw a person with an AR-style rifle emerge from the drive-thru. A man with a pistol started firing at the shooter.

He then saw someone in an In-N-Out uniform drag a person, also wearing a uniform, bleeding from a gunshot wound to her chest across the parking lot. The employee, Koehn and the man with the pistol stayed until paramedics arrived for her.

“She was pretty bad off, but I don’t know. I hope she made it,” Koehn said.

He said the shooter fired at least three or four rounds and it was not clear whether or not anyone in particular was targeted.

Video taken by a driver from across the street captured a shooter, who appeared to be dressed in black, walking up to a white car carrying a long rifle, opening the driver-side door and popping the trunk. The person then walked to the trunk and reached inside. At that point the driver who shot the video left quickly, fearing that the man might be getting more weapons.

Twin Falls resident Haley Dodaro, 43, and her mother went to In-N-Out for lunch Saturday afternoon. While waiting in the drive-thru line, they saw people running across the road and workers bolting out of the restaurant. At first, Dodaro thought there might have been a fire, but then a man directing traffic in a reflective vest said there was a shooter.

“So that’s when we knew there was a shooting. People were running out crying and screaming. It was very scary,” Dodaro said in a text message to The Associated Press.

Employee told people to get down
Nayeli Rodriguez, 40, of Burley, was inside waiting for food with her daughters when she heard shots from the kitchen. An employee said it was a shooting and told people to get down. Rodriguez said an older man tried to protect her and her daughters, and they were among the last to run outside.

“We were trying to get as far as we could and some angels let us in their car,” Rodriguez said, also via text message. “I left my car there in the parking lot.”

Twin Falls is about 130 miles (205 kilometers) southeast of Boise and about 75 miles (120 kilometers) north of the Nevada border.

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BATON ROUGE — Southern University hosted its Human Jukebox Marching Band Incoming Freshman Move-in Day on Sunday.

The university saw about 200 students, parents and guardians attend the move-in event, with volunteers on hand to assist students with moving into the dormitories. 

The event also featured a welcome program that included elected officials, clergy, community leaders and business leaders sharing available resources with new students and connecting them with the Baton Rouge Community. 

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HOLLY RIDGE — Livingston Parish President Randy Delatte shared a letter from Entergy Louisiana President and CEO Phillip May on Sunday outlining the company's proposed agreement with Meta to protect consumers from high utility bills caused by data centers. 

Gov. Jeff Landry and Entergy, along with 200 companies, previously signed the "Ratepayer Protection Pledge" introduced by President Donald Trump in an effort to lower costs for households.

In the letter, Entergy claims that Meta will fund the entirety of the new energy infrastructure required for the facility in Richland Parish, including generation, transmission, battery storage and related grid updates. 

"This means Louisiana families and businesses will not be responsible for Meta's infrastructure costs, ensuring that growth in our state's technology sector does not shift costs to ratepayers," May wrote.

The agreement is expected to provide over $2.65 billion in customer savings over a 20-year period, reducing storm charges, lowering grid resiliency costs and improving long-term affordability for Entergy customers in the state. 

May also discussed the potential economic benefits of the new data center, including thousands of construction jobs, permanent technical positions and significant increases in local tax revenues. 

Teachers in Richland Parish recently received annual bonuses of up to $50,000 due to the increased tax revenues from the project, with public schools and youth programs in the area also receiving support through the Data Center Community Action Grants.

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BATON ROUGE — Attorney General Liz Murrill announced on Saturday that Louisiana would join Alabama and Florida in an investigation into Dr. Anthony Fauci.

The announcement follows a Senate committee hearing in which Dr. Fauci repeatedly used the Fifth Amendment when questioned about his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

"Fauci lied," Murrill said in a statement posted to social media. "Louisiana and Missouri deposed Dr. Fauci. At the time, he claimed to not recall many key details of his own actions and now we are discovering contemporaneous records he kept. Louisiana will join Alabama & Florida in investigating Fauci and whether he committed any other offenses that could be pursued in our State courts."

Following Murrill's announcement, Gov. Jeff Landry posted a statement on social media that read, "As someone who was Attorney General alongside Eric Schmitt, and deposed Dr. Fauci, I am happy to have Louisiana join Alabama and Florida!"

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The last of this morning's showers is pushing south of the Baton Rouge area, with drier air quickly moving in behind a weak front. Sunshine returns this afternoon, and while temperatures will still reach the lower to middle 90s, the lower humidity will make it feel much more comfortable than it has in recent days. 

Today and Tonight: Rain will continue ending from north to south this morning, with most of the Capital Region dry by mid-morning. The best chance for lingering showers will remain closer to the coast. This afternoon turns mostly sunny with lower humidity, and tonight will be mostly clear, warm, and noticeably less muggy. 

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Up Next: Monday through Wednesday look mostly dry across the Baton Rouge area with only a very isolated afternoon shower returning by Tuesday. Humidity stays lower through midweek before Gulf moisture gradually returns late in the week, bringing back scattered afternoon thunderstorms along with hotter, more humid conditions by Thursday and Friday. 

Tropics: The Atlantic Basin remains quiet. The National Hurricane Center is not expecting tropical development during the next seven days. 

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump in a Saturday evening social media post claimed that Mideast allies have reached the parameters of a deal to end the Iran war and said that he would hold off on ordering new strikes in the five-month old conflict for now.

Trump added that the emerging deal “would include the Immediate, Complete, and Total OPENING OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT, and an end to Iran’s nuclear threat.”

“Based on this request, I have agreed, for the future benefit of the WORLD and, likewise, the survival of a successful and prosperous Iran, to cancel the attack, subject to being able to rapidly make a DEAL,” Trump said.

He added that Israel has agreed to join the U.S. in the commitment to try to complete the agreement with Iran that would bring about an end to the war.

Earlier Saturday, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom’s de facto leader, in a phone call with Trump raised concerns about the U.S. potentially escalating the conflict with Iran, according to a person familiar with the leaders’ discussion.

The discussion, which was first reported on by the news outlet Axios, came as Trump weighed whether to carry out new strikes on Iran.

The Saudis, according to the person briefed on the substance of the call but not authorized to comment publicly, are concerned that if the U.S. targets Iran’s energy infrastructure or carries out massive strikes on other key infrastructure that Tehran could respond by carrying out attacks on the kingdom’s and other Gulf countries’ energy infrastructure.

The crown prince during Saturday’s call sought clarity from Trump on what potential new action he’s weighing to take against Iran, the person said.

A White House official, who was not authorized to comment publicly and requested anonymity, confirmed the leaders spoke on Saturday but did not offer any detail about the substance of their conversation.

Saudi Arabia earlier this week joined the U.S. in striking multiple logistics and weapons sites used by Iranian-backed militias in Iraq, but has been urging the U.S. and Iran to get back to the negotiating table to find an endgame to the five-month old conflict.

The crown prince also dispatched his brother, Saudi Defense Minister Khalid bin Salman, to Washington on Wednesday for separate meetings with Trump and Vice President JD Vance to discuss Iran strategy.

And Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday at the White House, their first in-person meeting since launching the war in February. The Israeli leader has urged Trump to continue to prosecute the war against Iran.

The stakes for continued U.S. military action are high for Trump and his party as the conflict, unpopular among many Americans, has jolted the world economy just months before critical midterm elections in November.

The president has vowed to take retaliatory action after the U.S. military thwarted a surprise attack earlier this week by Iran on a U.S. base in Jordan.

Trump had told reporters on Friday that “we just want to win” in Iran and said the U.S. will hit Iran “very hard” until they can’t take it anymore. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt expressed frustration that Tehran had last month signed a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. on a truce but then quickly “broke it, shot at commercial ships, and killed American soldiers.”

On Saturday, the U.S. State Department issued new security alerts for Americans in 10 countries in the region to exercise heightened caution due to the escalating tensions with Iran.

The warnings — covering Bahrain, Israel, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates — urged U.S. citizens to prepare for the possibility of flight cancellations, temporary airspace closures and other travel disruptions.

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BATON ROUGE — A new Louisiana law is now in effect that adds changes to the state’s definition of first-degree murder.

It aims to create tougher penalties for gang-related shootings in public places following the deadly shooting at the Mall of Louisiana earlier this year.

House Bill 102 was originally created by State Rep. Jeff Wiley (R-Maurepas) to create the crime of second-degree cruelty to the elderly.

According to Attorney General Liz Murrill, the bill was intended to strengthen legal protections for elderly victims by bringing penalties more in line with those protecting children.

After the April shooting at the Mall of Louisiana, which injured five people and killed 17-year-old Martha Odom, Wiley said Gov. Jeff Landry asked for an amendment to be added to the legislation.

The amendment expands Louisiana’s first-degree murder law to include killings that occur during gang-related violence or shootings in public venues.

Sen. Alan Seabaugh, who authored the amendment to State Rep. Jeff Wiley's bill, also added the provision that first-degree murder occurs when an offender "has specific intent to kill or to inflict great bodily harm upon a victim who is in a public place and the offender knowingly creates a risk of death or great bodily harm to three or more persons."

East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney Hillar Moore said the change addresses potential challenges prosecutors could face when trying cases involving unintended victims.

“It made it a rebuttable presumption that you had the specific intent to kill that person that eventually died, although maybe your intent was to kill someone else,” Moore said.

Moore said the law could make it easier to prosecute cases where someone other than the intended target is killed.

“[The defense could say] well, I didn’t really intend to shoot or harm this person or harm someone else. This clears that potential gap for any juror or for the prosecutor, so it surely makes it easier to prosecute this type of case, where the person who dies is not the intended target,” Moore said.

The new law also expands the definition of first-degree murder to include killings committed by offenders who are out on bail, probation or parole at the time of the crime.

House Bill 102 is one of several new Louisiana laws that took effect Aug. 1.

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BATON ROUGE - Southern football entered the first day of fall camp without a clear answer on who will be the starting quarterback for the 2026 season, with three players competing for the job.

Christian Johnson, Ashton Strother and Wyatt McCauley seem to be the three signal-callers in the running, with Johnson taking the first-team reps at the first day of fall camp. However, there's more to the Jags quarterback room than the three competing to be QB1.

In total, there are seven quarterbacks listed on Southern's roster, so that leaves four guys on the team that are seemingly not in the running to be under center in any meaningful capacity in 2026.

Yet head coach Marshall Faulk has plans for a few of them.

"We got a couple of guys in Dillon Compton and Vashaun Coulon," said Faulk,  " They're going to be versatile athletes that we move around as well. They're learning the quarterback position, but when you have guys that are as talented as those two, you need to find places for them. You'll see them play receiver, quarterback, a little running back; you might see them on defense. Those guys, that's just what they present."

Compton and Coulon are both quite young. Compton redshirted last season at Southern and is listed as a redshirt freshman, and Coulon is a true freshman out of St. Augustine in New Orleans.

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BATON ROUGE — With students across the capital area returning to the classroom next week, doctors say now is the time for families to start adjusting sleep schedules instead of waiting until the night before school begins.

Alexander Mulamula, a sleep specialist with Ochsner Health, recommends that parents ease children back into a school-night routine by gradually shifting their bedtime and wake-up time earlier each day.

“We’ll encourage parents to begin a slow and steady change in their bed and wake-up time. Every day, just move it up by about 15 to 20 to 30 minutes,” Mulamula said.

Doctors say that prepping for a good night’s sleep starts well before bedtime. One way to do so is by establishing a routine about an hour before bed to wind down.

“When you’re thinking about the kids, having a time for reading, having a time for games, something that doesn’t involve screens in that last hour or so before bedtime, and then making sure they don’t have access to screens after bedtime,” said Dr. Jacob Wood, a family physician with Baton Rouge General.

Limiting screen time is another tip that doctors recommend, especially for teenagers.

“The blue lights from the computer and video games shifts their natural time to feel sleepy even later in the night, and so you’ll find the teens are the ones who struggle the most,” Mulamula said.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 70% of teenagers do not get enough sleep.

Mulamula says that children between the age of six and 12 years old should get about nine to 12 hours of sleep each night, while teenagers ages 13 to 18 should get anywhere from eight to 10 hours.

Experts also encourage parents to have children prepare like it’s the next school day before going to bed by laying out their clothes or packing what they’ll need for the morning.

“Working now to try to get kids into the right routine and then maintain that routine through the school year is tough, but it is doable,” Wood said.

Other tips include keeping bedrooms cool at night.

"And then also allow the ability to be exposed to bright lights and natural lighting in the morning,” Mulamula said.

Doctors say parents can also help by adhering to healthy sleep habits themselves to encourage kids to follow a good sleep schedule.

Mulamula also recommends that parents watch for signs that their child may not be getting enough sleep. These include declining grades, daytime sleepiness or noticeable changes in behavior.

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BATON ROUGE - One person is dead after a shooting Saturday night off of Staring Lane.

The call came in around 7:30 p.m. on Ryder Drive. Officials said the coroner was contacted.

No other information was immediately available.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Vincent Pastore, a veteran actor who played mobsters and tough guys, and was best known for playing Salvatore “Big Pussy” Bonpensiero on “The Sopranos,” has died. He was 80.

Bob McGowan, who had managed Pastore since his run on “The Sopranos,” told The Associated Press that he learned of his death Saturday from another client and actor on the show, Vincent Curatola.

He said that he had been found in his home on New York’s City Island after not being heard from for a few days.

McGowan said he’d been trying to reach Pastore about a possible job.

“He was the most loyal client and he always gave to charity,” McGowan said, “and he was the kind of guy who would help anybody, which is rare in my business.”

Michael Imperioli, a longtime friend and collaborator with Pastore, said on Instagram that it seemed as though he had known Vinny forever.

“We did lots of work together and traveled all over the USA as well as Italy and Australia. Lots of good times. Lots of laughs,” Imperioli said. “Vinny was a kind hearted brother who cared deeply about his family and friends. I will miss him always.”

Pastore appeared in movies dating back to the 1980s and had roles in big movies including “Goodfellas” and “Awakenings,” both in 1990.

He often played gangsters. And it was one of those roles he’s best known for: his 30-episode run as Salvatore “Big Pussy” Bonpensiero, the friend of Tony Soprano who becomes an FBI informant in “The Sopranos.”

He was born in the Bronx and grew up in suburban New Rochelle, New York. He enlisted in the Navy during the Vietnam War and later attended Pace University, according to his biography on IMDb.

He is survived by his daughter, Renee Pastore.

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BATON ROUGE — A north Baton Rouge after-hours club was shut down due to a code violation, according to a report by The Advocate. 

The Lil Blue House on Osage Street, owned by Allnite Entertainment, had its certificate of occupancy revoked and its power shut off due to the business having alcohol on-site despite having an occupancy classification as a reception hall without alcohol. 

Reception halls are required to have a major use conditional permit and a license from the Office of Alcohol Beverage Control to serve alcohol according to the Unified Development Code. 

While after-hours clubs can't legally serve alcohol or encourage visitors to bring their own, Allnite Entertainment allegedly posted photos and videos from inside the Lil Blue House showing people drinking alcohol as recently as June 25 and as far back as October 2024, according to the paper. 

Allnite Entertainment could potentially face a nuisance abatement, which works to remove harmful activities that affect property use, District Attorney Hillar Moore shared. 

In February, 27-year-old Demarcus Variste was killed in a shooting outside the Lil Blue House. 

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BATON ROUGE - The preparation has begun for Southern football as they start fall camp practices. The players reported to campus on Tuesday and started on-the-field work later in the week.

During spring practice, head coach Marshall Faulk said that he'd like to name a starting quarterback by fall camp. At the time, only Ashton Strother, Dillon Compton and JUCO transfer Wyatt McCauley were on campus.

Entering fall camp, the Jags now have seven quarterbacks listed on their roster. However, the competition seems to be narrowed down to Strother, McCauley and new addition in Christian Johnson. 

Johnson originally signed to play at Louisiana-Monroe, but transferred to Southern after spring practice. He won the 2024 NJCAA National Championship with Hutchinson Community College.

In the first practice that media attended, Johnson took the first team reps, followed by Strother and McCauley.

However, coach Faulk says the amount of reps each of them take will not be the deciding factor in who wins the job.

"It's not just based off play. It's based off person because you've got to have the right guy leading your team. Sometimes, the guy that makes the best throws and do all the things right, sometimes that person doesn't echo your message and doesn't lead your team in the direction that you want to be. Quarterback is the position that you've got to have that person," Faulk said Saturday.

Southern will continue with practice throughout the month with their first game just weeks away. The Jags will take on Alabama State in the Birmingham Football Classic on Aug. 29.

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A weak front will move through Saturday night, first bringing a broken line of showers and a few thunderstorms. After it passes, humidity will dip, causing nicer feeling afternoons, and cooler morning time lows. 

Tonight & Tomorrow: A weak front is on the way, and is expected to arrive overnight. It will first bring a broken line of showers and a few storms moving from north to south throughout the area. Lows will reach into the mid-70s. Most showers and storms should be cleared up by the morning, except near the immediate coast. Northerly winds behind the front should bring in a bit drier air for most throughout the day. This will cause humidity to feel noticeably lower, and peak heat index values will finally dip below the triple digits! Highs will reach into the lower 90s under partly sunny skies. It will still feel very warm, but the drier air should take the edge off of the heat. 

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Up Next: Drier air will stick around through Monday and Tuesday of next week. Not only will this make the afternoons feel not as humid, it will also cause lower morning time lows. Monday morning will reach into the lower 70s, which is much better than the upper 70s we have been experiencing. Similar conditions are expected Tuesday before the typical summertime feel returns midweek. This increase in moisture will also mean the return of a few pop-up storms in the afternoons.

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The Tropics: The Gulf, Caribbean and Atlantic are quiet. No tropical development is expected over the next seven days.

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BATON ROUGE — A new anti-hazing law named after late Southern University student Caleb Wilson officially takes effect today, and his family says they are grateful to see it become reality.

The law, known as the Caleb Wilson Hazing Prevention Act, was authored by Rep. Vanessa Caston LaFleur and strengthens Louisiana's existing anti-hazing laws.

"It is going to help another family," Urania Wilson said. "And the bill is holding organizations. It's also holding the schools accountable."

Under the new law, organizations found responsible for hazing resulting in death can be permanently banned from campus. It also expands reporting requirements, creates anonymous reporting systems, requires annual hazing prevention training, and requires universities and colleges to publicly report disciplinary findings involving student organizations.

Wilson's family attended a ceremonial bill signing at the State Capitol after Gov. Jeff Landry signed it into law last month.

"It has been very challenging because when you see the band, when you see different communities doing things, I know that Caleb would have been there to do these things," Urania Wilson said. "And it has; our lives have really changed in this last year and a half."

Wilson's sister, Coren Wilson, believes the law will allow her brother to leave a legacy for future students.

"With that bill, there are going to be stipulations on any organizations or individuals caught hazing," Coren Wilson said. "And we're hoping that this can stop the next person from having to go through what we're going through as a family."

A grand jury indicted five people in Wilson's death. Caleb McCray, 23, Isaiah Smith, 28, and Kyle Thurman, 25, face felony charges. Winston Sanders and Jadyn Landrum were indicted on charges of principal to felony hazing and obstruction of justice. McCray was also indicted on a manslaughter charge.

For Wilson's family, the fight to end hazing is not over.

"I think that he is happy that we're fighting and we're not fighting for us because he's not here anymore, right?" Urania Wilson said. "We're fighting for the next family because we don't want another family to go through any of what we've gone through in any previous family."

The Caleb Wilson Foundation is hosting a 5K run/walk in Wilson's honor on Sept. 5. It will be at Waldenberg Park in New Orleans at 8:30 am. 

"He loved to run the levees. Sometimes he loved to walk around the neighborhood. And that was just one way that we could remember him. With the entire organization and our foundation, we would do a whole 5k walk," Coren said.

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BATON ROUGE - Less than a week after announcing that he will not be signing with the Cleveland Guardians, LSU signee Logan Schmidt announced that he will be coming to campus to join LSU baseball.

After being selected by Cleveland with the 59th pick in the 2026 MLB Draft and subsequently deciding not to sign, the left-handed pitcher's decision was to attend LSU and not be draft-eligible again until 2029, or attend a junior college and go into the draft again in 2027.

With Schmidt deciding to come to the Tigers, Jay Johnson has now added seven top 100 high school baseball players from the class of 2026 to his roster 

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PINE PRAIRIE — A civil detainee from Guatemala escaped from an ICE facility in Pine Prairie on Friday, according to the Evangeline Parish Sheriff's Office. 

Deputies said that 22-year-old Santiago Gasper escaped around 4:09 p.m., with a report of a Hispanic male wearing a white T-shirt and white shorts seen running south on 5th Street in Pine Prairie around 4:30 p.m. later being submitted. 

The Evangeline Parish Sheriff's Office, which was notified of the escape around midnight, deployed a thermal drone, a tracking dog and ground units; however, deputies were unable to locate Gassper after hours of searching. 

According to ICE, Gasper is not considered dangerous as he has no criminal history and is classified as a Civil Detainee.

Anyone with information is urged to contact the Evangeline Parish Sheriff's Office at 337-363-2161.

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BATON ROUGE - The Baton Rouge Fire Department worked a house fire on Dalton Street Saturday morning, officials said.

According to BRFD, no one was home at the time of the fire and it was mostly contained to the garage area.

Officials determined the fire originated in a storage shed before spreading into the garage. The cause of the fire is undetermined.

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LIVINGSTON — A person in Livingston was transported to the hospital after being bitten by a venomous snake on Saturday afternoon. 

According to the Livingston Police Department, the person was bitten by a venomous Eastern Copperhead and was taken to a hospital for further treatment.

The Livingston Police Department reminded residents that this is the current season when snakes are present both day and night. Those bitten should remember the time the bite occurred and the type of snake, as this information is vital for first responders and hospital staff. 

The Livingston Police Department, Livingston Fire Department and Acadian EMS responded to the scene of the bite. 

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