![LSP investigating a deputy involved shooting in St. John the Baptist Parish which involved two individuals and a partially submerged vehicle](https://media-cdn.socastsrm.com/wordpress/wp-content/blogs.dir/2176/files/2022/04/st-john-pso.jpg)
State Police are investigating an officer-involved shooting in St. John the Baptist Parish after sheriff’s deputies responded to a partially submerged vehicle Sunday morning at the Interstate-10 west on-ramp at US-51 in Laplace. Trooper Kate Stegall said two men were in the vehicle that traveled off the roadway into the marsh area.
“And during the encounter with occupants, the passenger was shot by the deputy. We don’t know the circumstances behind the shooting at this point and as of now the passenger is in critical condition,” said Stegall.
The passenger is 20-year-old Jacoby Williams of Gramercy, and 19-year-old Kendell Prembrook of Laplace was driving the vehicle.
Stegall said Prembrook was not injured in the shooting and troopers are leading the investigation at the request of the sheriff’s office.
“Our detectives responded and began an investigation, and they were in touch with that driver,” said Stegall.
Stegall said this is an ongoing investigation and the State Police Evidence Control Unit recovered weapons at the scene.
“One was an AK-47 style rifle and the other one was a 9mm handgun,” said Stegall.
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