http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/08/16/2-louisiana-sheriffs-deputies-killed-in-shootout/ Two sheriff's deputies in Louisiana have been shot to death and two others injured after an early-morning shootout in St. John the Baptist Parish, west of New Orleans.
Louisiana authorities say two sheriff deputies were killed in an "ambush" after they responded to reports of a traffic officer being shot multiple times early Thursday morning near an isolated parking lot for the Valero refinery.
Police were informed about a speeding car by residents at the Riverview trailer park. They located a car the matched the description of the one used in the earlier shooting, Michael Kerry Tregre, the St. John the Baptist sheriff said at a morning press conference.
The two officers were interviewing an individual underneath some blankets. During the interview, another person exited the trailer with an assault weapon and "ambushed" them, Tregre said.
Louisiana State Police have taken over the investigation. The investigation is considered “hot” and ongoing. There are five people in custody, authorities said. Two of them were hurt in the shooting and are hospitalized. It was unclear how officers managed to take the suspect with the assault weapon into custody.
"Air support and local law enforcement combined with us," Trooper Evan Hallel, told FOX-8. "We got feet on the ground and people in the woods. We're trying to gather all the information that we could at this time."
The shooting occurred around 5:30 a.m. in a parking lot used by workers in an area of manufacturing plants and refineries along the Mississippi River.
Two officers in the earlier shooting suffered gunshot wounds and are hospitalized. One is currently undergoing surgery.
The superintendent for St. John the Baptist Parish was told not to open a nearby school, but authorities say there is no public threat.
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