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Name Not Disclosed

Age :

Gender : Male

Race : Unknown

Date : 08/24/2025

Location : Interstate 49 near Louisiana Highway 509

City : Mansfield

County : DeSoto

State : Louisiana

Agency : DeSoto Parish Sheriff’s Office

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Suicide

Event : Suicide under police duress

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 08/24/2025, at approximately 3:29 p.m., the DeSoto Parish Sheriff’s Office received reports of a vehicle being driven recklessly northbound on Interstate 49. Deputies located the vehicle within minutes and determined that it had been reported stolen earlier that day from Vernon Parish. Deputies attempted to stop the driver, who continued north on I-49 while police pursued.
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Police also determined that the driver was wanted in Beauregard Parish in connection with the alleged theft of a different vehicle earlier that day. The immediate reason deputies attempted to stop him in DeSoto Parish, however, was the reported reckless driving followed by confirmation that the vehicle he was driving had been reported stolen.
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As the pursuit approached Louisiana Highway 509, the vehicle crossed the Interstate 49 median into the southbound lanes and stopped on an embankment. According to the DeSoto Parish Sheriff’s Office account subsequently reported by multiple outlets, the driver got out holding a handgun.
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Police alleged that the man fired multiple rounds toward deputies. Deputies fired back. The man then ran a short distance from the interstate while still armed.
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Investigators subsequently determined that the deputies’ gunfire did not cause the man’s death. Police said the man sustained a self-inflicted gunshot wound after running from the deputies and died at the scene. The case therefore belongs in the database as a suicide under police duress rather than a fatal police shooting.
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At approximately 3:30 p.m., the DeSoto Parish Sheriff’s Office requested that the Louisiana State Police Bureau of Investigations take responsibility for investigating the shooting. State Police investigators processed the scene, collected evidence and sought photographs and video from motorists who had been traveling on I-49.
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The initial Louisiana State Police release described the death only as occurring during a deputy shooting and did not disclose the circumstances. The more detailed account released through the DeSoto Parish Sheriff’s Office established the preceding reckless-driving report, stolen vehicle, pursuit, crossing of the interstate median, exchange of gunfire and self-inflicted fatal wound.
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Despite an expanded search through later Louisiana reporting, DeSoto Parish sources, Louisiana State Police material and coverage of the related vehicle thefts, the man’s identity has not been publicly released. His age and race likewise have not been publicly established.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND
The DeSoto Parish sheriff’s deputies who fired during the encounter have not been publicly identified.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.ksla.com/2025/08/25/lsp-investigating-desoto-parish-deputy-involved-shooting-1-dead/
https://www.thetrucker.com/trucking-news/the-nation/louisiana-state-police-looking-into-shooting-on-highway-49
https://lsp.org/community-outreach/news/louisiana-state-police-detectives-investigating-desoto-parish-sheriff-s-office-deputy-involved-shooting/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/suspect-dead-leading-deputies-chase-130000743.html
https://lincolnparishjournal.com/2025/08/26/lsp-nvestigating-desoto-parish-sheriffs-office-deputy-involved-shooting/