Marksville, APSO officers prevent threatened suicide
A potential suicide was averted Monday (March 8) when Marksville police and Avoyelles Parish Sheriff's Office personnel prevented a despondent Marksville man from turning a shotgun on himself.
A potential suicide was averted Monday (March 8) when Marksville police and Avoyelles Parish Sheriff's Office personnel prevented a despondent Marksville man from turning a shotgun on himself.
On Monday, March 8, 2021, at approximately 0638 hours, the Marksville City Police responded to a disturbance involving an armed subject threatening suicide at 631 Brouillette street.
It was another "no show Monday" for Avoyelles Parish's COVID update from the state. There were only 46 tests -- 40 lab tests and six rapid result tests -- since the Sunday update.
Four of Avoyelles Parish's eight high school basketball teams advanced in their respective playoffs over the past two weeks.
Avoyelles Parish had six more cases of COVID diagnosed over the weekend, according to the Sunday update from the Louisiana Department of Health.