Louisiana Deputy Kenneth Doby shot by 13-year-old during burglary attempt
A St. Tammany Parish Sheriffโs 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 wasnโt protected by the deputyโs 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. ย 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.ย ~ 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, โbeneath the back of his bullet-proof vest,โ 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. ย ~ 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, โRight now, it looks like heโs going to have a full recovery. Weโre very lucky. … Weโre just thankful heโs going to be OK, because it couldโve been a lot worse.โ
๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฒ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐๐ฒโ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐๐ฐ ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญย
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(Source and images: St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office)
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