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A four-year-old Louisiana has died after finding a loaded gun and shooting himself in the chest, Brusly police said on Sunday.

It is not immediately clear how the toddler got a hold of the gun.

Sad news out of Pointe Coupee Parish as a West Feliciana High School football player was killed after driving off the highway and hitting a tree early Friday morning.

The crash claimed the life of Robert Allen Elliott, 41, of Gueydan.

An elderly Folsom, Louisiana woman has died after being rescued from a brush fire in St. Tammany Parish.

One person is dead and four others were injured in a shooting that happened during the Krewe of Bacchus parade in New Orleans on Sunday night.

The young boy's horse suffered a major medical event and fell on top of him.

An arrest warrant has been issued for 54 year old Jessie Guillory, of Lake Charles. He's accused of attacking a nurse who died several days later...

Once again, drunk driving has claimed a life in Calcasieu Parish. The overnight crash resulted in the death of a passenger who was not wearing any restraint. The driver in the crash was arrested on the scene for drunk driving.

Yesterday (2/18/15) the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Department responded to a wreck at the intersection of Goos Road and Paul Bellon Road in Moss Bluff,. The accident resulted in a fatality.

It started with a two vehicle accident in the inside lane on I-10 westbound just west of Welch. It ended when another vehicle became involved and hit the driver (of one of the first vehicles.) The Lafayette man was pronounced dead on the scene.

A Moss Bluff ran ran into the back of a truck in Westlake and died. The accident happened Sunday night. Here are the details from a Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office press release.