The Louisiana Senate voted Tuesday to end the permitting requirement for those who carry concealed weapons in the state. The measure now heads to the House for debate.
Thursday afternoon Lafayette Police were called out to the W. D. Smith Career Center on 18th street after it was reported a student was in a classroom with a firearm.
Police say 25-year-old Miles Guidry of Lafayette fired a shot in the air from his gun, and then the man sped away from the intersection at a high rate of speed.
A man is behind bars after an argument leads to gunfire. Corporal Paul Mouton with Lafayette Police say it happened yesterday around 6 PM on the 400 block of Edison Street.