Groom shoots bride’s friend while stuck in traffic after wedding, Louisiana police say
A Louisiana groom is accused of shooting the bride’s friend while the three were in traffic after the wedding.
They were all in a car together on their way back from the wedding Saturday night and were stuck in traffic on the Bonnet Carre Spillway in St. John Parish when they started arguing, according to a news release from the St. John Parish Sheriff’s Office.
During the argument, the groom accused the bride and her friend of having an affair, Sheriff Mike Tregre told NOLA.com.
He then got out of the car and shot the friend in his leg, the sheriff’s office says. He also shot into another car on the highway and injured the driver’s hand.
Meanwhile, the bride ran from the car to first responders who were helping people involved in a crash, the sheriff’s office says. They helped her into an ambulance, where she took cover.
The groom later ran up to ambulance and started shaking and beating on the doors trying to get to the bride, the sheriff’s office says. But officers “immediately arrested him.”
He is facing multiple charges, including attempted second degree murder.
The two people who were shot were airlifted to a local hospital and treated for their injuries, the sheriff’s office says. They have since been released.
The traffic that night stemmed from a multi-vehicle crash near mile post 210 around 10:30 p.m., and officials with the sheriff’s office were on the scene helping Louisiana State Police with traffic control, according to L’Observateur.
“I’m just glad nobody got killed,” Tregre said, according to NOLA.com. “It was a very unusual night last night ... in the top 10 of my years.”
This story was originally published August 2, 2021 at 12:19 PM with the headline "Groom shoots bride’s friend while stuck in traffic after wedding, Louisiana police say."
