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LAPLACE – Detectives with the St. John Sheriff’s Office are investigating a drive-by shooting that left two men injured. At about 4 p.m. on May 5, officers responded to the 2300 block of Yorktowne Drive in LaPlace in response to a shooting. Upon arrival, deputies located a 48-year-old male victim with a gunshot wound to the abdomen lying in a residential driveway and a 23-year-old male victim with a graze wound to the buttocks standing outside the residence.

Emergency medical services provided aid to the 48-year-old victim and transported him to a New Orleans area hospital where he is in stable condition. The 23-year-old victim refused treatment.

In related news, detectives are seeking the public’s assistance in locating this truck pictured in this article. The suspect vehicle is a blue Ford F-150 FX4 Platinum late model with switched plate LA X787131 last seen heading east on Interstate 10, exiting I-310 then traveling east on Airline Highway.
No motive is known at this time. Anyone with information about this incident or the whereabouts of the suspect truck is asked to call the St. John Parish Sheriff’s Office TIPS line at 985-359-TIPS, SJSO dispatch at 985-652-6338, the Criminal Investigations Division at 985.652.2773 or 985.359.8644. Citizens can also submit tips on the Sheriff’s Office website, http://stjohnsheriff.org/submitatip.php