L’Observateur / December 22, 1999

LAPLACE- An apparent fight led to a shooting early Sunday morning in the parking lot of a LaPlace bar.

One LaPlace man was seriously injured.

According to Capt. Mike Tregre of the St. John Sheriff’s Office, deputiesresponded to a disturbance call at the bar in the 600 block of Second Street around 4:31 a.m. The owner of the bar called the police and saidthere was a disturbance and he wanted the parking lot cleared out.

When the deputies arrived they were told shots had been fired, and they discovered 25-year-old Terrance Marshall lying in the parking lot with a bullet wound to the stomach.

Marshall was rushed to River Parishes Hospital.

“At this point we don’t have a lot to go on,” Tregre said. “We do know therewas a fight, but we don’t know who or what caused it.”The sheriff’s office is asking help from the community in this shooting.

Anybody with any information about the incident is asked to call Detective Sergeant Felix Joseph at 652-2773.

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