Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s deputies are searching for a Lake Charles man who authorities say fatally shot two people and left a third-person fighting for her life at a home in Westlake. Sheriff Tony Mancuso says his deputies were called to the home around 4 AM after 51-year-old Neil Broussard fled the scene.
“When officers got there, we had a 17-year-old female victim that was deceased, an 18-year-old male victim that was deceased, and the mother of the 17-year-old that had been shot multiple times,” said Mancuso.
The deceased have been identified as 17-year-old Kyla Hildalgo and 18-year-old Kaleb Charlton. The third victim, 40-year-old Catherine Hidalgo was shot multiple times and is currently hospitalized.
Broussard, who authorities call a family acquaintance, is also accused of stealing Catherine’s car and kidnapping her 14-year-old daughter.
Mancuso says the agency is currently searching a wooded area in Beauregard Parish with the help from the FBI, State Police, and other agencies.
“We have our plane up. We are using all of our resources and we hope we have him in the right area. We know we found the car there. It’s in the general area where we found the young girl safe, thank goodness,” said Mancuso.
Mancuso says if anyone knows the whereabouts of Broussard, they should call 911 and not attempt to approach him as he is considered armed and dangerous.
“He is a registered sex offender in the state of Louisiana. Now, he’s a wanted person for the murders of these two people, so we know he at least had a weapon when he left there. We have not recovered that weapon as of yet,” said Mancuso.
Broussard was previously convicted of molestation of a juvenile, one count in 2005 and two counts in 2011.
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