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LAPLACE, La. - Two St. John Parish deputies were shot and killed while interviewing suspects in an earlier shooting of a deputy at the parking lot for contractors at Valero Energy.
Sheriff Mike Tregre said the incident began when an officer at the parking lot was approached and shot several times by a suspect. That officer was taken to University Hospital and is in surgery but expected to survive, said Tregre.
Working on tips from a civilian and another officer, a vehicle similar to the suspect's was spotted and tracked to a trailer park.
Tregre said that deputies knocked at the door and had two people come outside for an interview about the shooting. He said at that time, a third suspect exited another door and shot Officer Brandon Nielsen, 34, and Officer Jeremy Triche, 27, to death in what he described as a 'ambush.'
LAPLACE, La. - Two St. John Parish deputies were shot and killed while interviewing suspects in an earlier shooting of a deputy at the parking lot for contractors at Valero Energy.
Sheriff Mike Tregre said the incident began when an officer at the parking lot was approached and shot several times by a suspect. That officer was taken to University Hospital and is in surgery but expected to survive, said Tregre.
Working on tips from a civilian and another officer, a vehicle similar to the suspect's was spotted and tracked to a trailer park.
Tregre said that deputies knocked at the door and had two people come outside for an interview about the shooting. He said at that time, a third suspect exited another door and shot Officer Brandon Nielsen, 34, and Officer Jeremy Triche, 27, to death in what he described as a 'ambush.'
