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According to Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Eddie Langlinais, on December 31, 2021, the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office received a call of a shooting that occurred in the 300 block of Lover’s Lane, south of Abbeville.
When Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division (CID) detectives arrived on scene, they discovered two vehicles and a residence had been shot 14 times with a .22 caliber firearm.

ERATH - Erath Police Chief Anna LaPointe is investigating threats made at Erath High School.
On Tuesday, she got a tip from a school official that students heard one student telling another student that he planned to shoot up the school.
Then, while investigating that threat, Lapointe also learned of another threat made about a teacher at Erath High School.
Chief LaPointe said students learned of a group of students talking about murdering a teacher. LaPointe did not name the teacher, but the teacher is aware of the students’ alleged threat made on her life.

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) enforcement agents and Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office (VPSO) deputies rescued three boys from Vermilion Bay Friday morning.

LDWF agents were alerted around 6 a.m. about a capsized vessel in Vermilion Bay with two seventeen-year-old boys and an 18-year-old clinging to the vessel.