Webster Parish Sheriff deputies are continuing to investigate a shooting that injured six people, including two critically at an unpermitted bonfire event in Dubberly on Saturday night. Sheriff Jason Parker says they are still interviewing attendees, and no arrests have been made.
“There are a lot of citizens who have called in and kind of speculated on this and that, but I hate to say anything in particular until we get and corroborate those statements,” Parker said.
Parker says at least 350 people were at the bonfire, which also had a DJ, free food and drinks. The sheriff says events in Webster Parish are required to have a permit if there are more than 250 attendees.
“They were expecting a large crowd and, like I said, all they had to do was do the right thing and try and prepare for this and let us help them make this thing safe for everybody,” Parker said.
Parker says the bonfire was on a person’s property along Louisiana Highway 531, about 40 miles east of Shreveport. The sheriff says the organizers are facing fines.
“We’re in the process of getting with the DA’s Office trying to coordinate with them. Obviously, they the event organizers) are going to be in violation of the Parish ordinance which we had set in place to not have this situation happen,” Parker said.
Parker says the people shot are in there 20s and 30s.
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