Louisiana Deputy Kenneth Doby shot by 13-year-old during burglary attempt
A St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s deputy in Louisiana is hospitalized after being shot while patrolling in the Waldheim area early Wednesday morning, May 25. The shooter was only 13-years-old and managed to shoot the deputy in a spot that wasn’t protected by the deputy’s bullet proof vest.
According to the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office, Deputy Kenneth Doby was patrolling the area of Highway 21 and Highway 1083 in Waldheim after a suspected business burglary had been reported early Wednesday morning. At approximately 3 a.m. Wednesday, Doby approached an individual who he observed walking in the area, and when he got out of his unit the individual fired a weapon, striking the deputy.
Doby was shot as he and another deputy wrestled the suspect to the ground on the side of a road, after spotting him walking away from Backroads Mercantile, a grocery store in Waldheim that had been burglarized around 3 a.m. ~ WVUE
After being shot, the deputy was still able to assist in taking the subject into custody before the arrival of emergency medical personnel. Doby was transported to a local hospital, where he was reported to be alert. He was being treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
While effecting the arrest, Doby was shot once, “beneath the back of his bullet-proof vest,” Smith said. The four-year veteran of the St. Tammany agency continued assisting his partner with handcuffing the teen even after being shot, then was taken to Lakeview Regional Medical Center in Covington for emergency treatment. ~ MSN
Following his takedown and arrest, the teen shooter was booked into the Florida Parishes Juvenile Detention Center on the following charges:
- Attempted First Degree Murder
- Resisting a Police Officer with Force or Violence
- Resisting an Officer
- Battery of a Police Officer, Injury Medical Attention
- Simple Burglary
- Illegal Possession of a Handgun by a Juvenile
- Illegal Possession of Stolen Goods
Fox 8 Live quoted St. Tammany Parish Sheriff Smith as saying that, “Right now, it looks like he’s going to have a full recovery. We’re very lucky. … We’re just thankful he’s going to be OK, because it could’ve been a lot worse.”
𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐟 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐲 𝐒𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐲 𝐃𝐨𝐛𝐲’𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐚𝐰 𝐞𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭
(Source and images: St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office)
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