Geismar, LA: Woman shot, killed by ex-boyfriend

By KIMBERLY VETTER
Advocate staff writer
Published: Dec 20, 2009 - Page: 2B
GEISMAR — A man shot and killed his former girlfriend late Saturday and then turned the gun on himself, officials with the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office said.

The shooting occurred just before 9 p.m. at a 37346 Anderson Road residence, where a group of people had gathered to watch the New Orleans Saints game, said Chief Deputy Tony Bacala.

The shooter knocked on the door and asked for his former girlfriend, who met him outside under a carport, Bacala said.

People inside the residence then heard gunshots, went under the carport and found both the man and the woman fatally shot, Bacala said.
Investigators believe the man shot the woman and then himself, Bacala said.

A man who knew the shooter called investigators 26 minutes before the killings and said that the shooter told him that he was going to kill a woman and then himself, Bacala said.

The informant did not know where the shooting was going to take place, Bacala added. Deputies then tried to find him before he got to the woman.

The victims’ names had not been released as of late Saturday, pending family notification. But, Bacala said, the man was from Thibodaux and the woman was from St. Gabriel.