A Schriever man is held on a four-million-dollar bond after a Saturday night shooting into a home on Bull Run Road that left a woman dead and a man wounded. State troopers responding to the scene were fired on as they arrived at the scene and 38-year-old suspect Patrick Waddle drove off in his vehicle, wounding one of the troopers. “As it passed the troopers, the driver pulled out a weapon and began firing at five troopers as he passed them,” according to Trooper Ross Brennan.
Brennan says the injured trooper was treated for head injuries and released from the hospital. Waddle eventually surrendered after fleeing into a wooded area. The Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating the initial shooting that left 51-year-old Lisa Eschete dead. Waddle is charged with her murder, attempted first-degree murder of the male victim in the house, and five counts of attempted first-degree murder for shooting at the troopers.
After turning his vehicle into a private drive with troopers in pursuit, Trooper Brennan says a trooper opened fire as Waddle exchanged gunfire with them and ran into a wooded area. Waddle was not injured by the trooper’s gunfire.
It wasn’t until early Sunday morning that officers were able to take Waddle into custody and take him to jail. “It wasn’t until around 4 o’clock Sunday morning that he ended up turning himself in,” said Brennen and says he did so peacefully without further incident. The motive for the initial shooting is under investigation, but Waddle was known to the victims.
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