Officer critical, suspect dead in violent shootout at Denham Springs shopping center

DENHAM SPRINGS, La. — A police officer was critically wounded and a suspect was killed in a violent confrontation at a Livingston Parish shopping center on Thursday afternoon.

WBRZ-TV reports the shooting took place around 4:20 p.m. on South Range Avenue, just north of Interstate 12 in Denham Springs. The incident prompted law enforcement from several agencies, including local, state and federal, to swarm the strip mall and secondary scene near Eugene Street and US Highway 190.