The man sought for a domestic triple-homicide in Shreveport overnight Wednesday is dead after fleeing east from the scene into Franklin Parish where police caught up with him at an apartment complex early Thursday afternoon in Wisner. Franklin Sheriff Kevin Cobb told us Barry Rigsby died in a shootout with police.
“At 2:15, 2:20, this situation ended. The individual was shot and at this point deceased,” said Cobb.
Prior to his death, warrants had been issued charging Rigsby with three counts of second-degree murder in the deaths of two adults and a 12-year-old boy. KTBS-TV in Shreveport is reporting Rigsby killed his wife and her child and brother, who were 12 and 18-years-old.
Sheriff Cobb says Rigsby took actions to try and avoid police as they worked to apprehend him Thursday afternoon, trying at times to talk him into giving up.
“He continued to shoot and he also deployed some fire extinguishers inside this complex that would create a tactical advantage for him,” said Cobb
Cobb says parts of the apartment complex and school children arriving in the area were evacuated from the scene. No police or civilians were injured.
Sheriff Cobb says the investigation includes trying to determine why Rigsby picked a Franklin Parish apartment complex to hold up in and try to keep cops at bay.
“We’re going to try and figure out what the individual came here, if any individuals are involved in any way or assisted him in any way and we’re going to try and investigate that and come up with answers that are needed,” said Cobb
Rigsby’s death came about 12 hours after the victims of the triple-homicide were discovered by a woman performing a welfare check on the victims in Shreveport.
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