FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BARRICADED SUSPECT NOTIFICATION
Sheriff Bobby Guidroz of the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office is confirming that the St.
Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office SWAT are currently working a barricaded suspect in the town of
Melville.
Local police were investigating an incident involving the suspect. The suspect then ran, stole a
firearm, and allegedly shot it from within a mobile home on Forrest Street near the Walnut
Street intersection. Intelligence assets (drone) are on scene, as are Crisis Negotiators and family
members, to attempt to get the suspect to surrender himself.
No other details are being released as this is an ongoing investigation.
This is Sheriff Bobby J. Guidroz, and this concludes our report. All
persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Barricaded Subject In Melville
