Authorities in Louisiana are investigating the deaths of a younger couple whose our bodies had been discovered fatally shot on a freeway over the weekend.
Dashayla Ardoin, of Mamou, La., was discovered lifeless alongside Glenkeithan Robertson, of Opelousas, La., by responding authorities on Saturday, Oct. 12, alongside a freeway in Acadia Parish, native police mentioned in an announcement. The ages of the victims haven’t been shared by authorities.
“From the investigation, this case is believed to be a homicide / suicide,” the Acadia Parish Sheriff’s Workplace said of their assertion on Monday.
Authorities haven’t mentioned who the shooter was and haven’t mentioned a potential motive. The Acadia Parish Sheriff’s Workplace didn’t instantly reply to PEOPLE’s requests for feedback.
The couple had been on their method to Mamou, police mentioned, and their our bodies had been discovered about 7 p.m. within the night. Mamou Excessive Faculty, the place Ardoin was a pupil, was internet hosting its homecoming that night, per the college’s Fb page.
In a tribute posted on-line, Mamou Excessive Faculty mentioned the group is mourning “one in every of our personal.”
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“Dashayla will at all times be remembered for her braveness and bravado, her variety coronary heart, and her stunning smile,” learn part of the tribute posted on Monday. “She was so very beloved and shall be dearly missed.”
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Robertson’s Fb web page exhibits he was a neighborhood DJ. In an Instagram post from about two months in the past, Robertson shared a photograph of him and Ardoin with the caption: “Me & You In opposition to The World.”
After Saturday’s capturing, one Markeyla Sparrow, figuring out herself as Robertson’s sister, wrote on Facebook that he was “loving” and urged folks to not bounce to conclusions concerning the case.
“Y’all Don’t Label My Brother As A KILLER & SELFISH My Momma [didn’t] Elevate NO KILLERS,” learn a part of the publish.
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