OPELOUSAS, La. (KADN) — The police chief of Opelousas is out of the hospital after getting shot on Friday, Dec. 22. There is no word on his wife, who was also shot.
The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office is investigating the shooting. No charges have been filed and no arrests have been made.
Sheriff Bobby Guidroz said Opelousas Police Chief Graig “Twin” LeBlanc and his wife, Captain Crystal LeBlanc with the St. Landry Parish Sheriff Office were shot on Garnet Drive at the home of an officer with the Opelousas Police Department.
He added the chief's wife, Crystal Leblanc, rang the doorbell at the residence and the chief went outside. Chief Leblanc and his wife began arguing. Guidroz said the homeowner, a female, then came outside with a gun.
According to Guidroz, the chief put his hand out in front of the weapon and was shot in the hand. The sheriff explained that bullet traveled through the chief's hand and hit his wife in the arm.
At last check, Crystal LeBlanc was being treated at a Baton Rouge hospital. Her injuries are not considered life-threatening.
Sheriff Guidroz said the homeowner was detained and then released.
The sheriff's office is investigating this incident as domestic in nature.
