Mamou Police responded to a report of an ATM theft this morning and discovered the suspect tried to take the cash machine with a backhoe. Mamou Police Chief Robert McGee said when officers arrived the suspect fired several shots at them and left the scene without any cash. No one was injured in the incident.

According to our news partner KATC the Evangeline Parish Sheriff's Office and Louisiana State Police are continuing the investigation.

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