{"id":111014,"date":"2025-06-28T17:32:37","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T22:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=111014"},"modified":"2025-06-28T17:32:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T22:32:37","slug":"111014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=111014","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksla.com\/2025\/06\/27\/deputies-respond-shooting-keithville\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deputes determine shooting in Keithville was in self-defense<\/a><\/p>\n<p>KEITHVILLE, La. (KSLA) &#8211; Deputies responded to reports of a shooting Friday morning (June 27).<\/p>\n<p>It happened not long after 11 a.m. on Stagecoach Road just off Mansfield Road near Drag Strip Road. More than a dozen units from the sheriff\u2019s office responded.<\/p>\n<p>Officials with the Caddo Parish Sheriff\u2019s Office say one person, identified as Joseph Whitaker, was shot in the upper body. His injuries are none-life-threatening, according to CPSO.<\/p>\n<p>Whitaker was initially transported to Willis Knighton South by a private vehicle and was later transferred to Ochsner LSU Health.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators arrived at the scene and determined that the victim had attempted to leave a heated verbal altercation by getting into his truck. However, Whitaker went up to his vehicle and began hitting him in the head.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting happened not long after 11 a.m. on Stagecoach Road just off Mansfield Road near Drag Strip Road.<\/p>\n<p>While the victim was being attacked, he pulled out a gun, in fear for his life and fired two shots at Whitaker. After firing, the victim left the scene but returned moments later when deputies arrived.<\/p>\n<p>Following the investigation, it was determined that the victim acted in self-defense. Whitaker was issued a summons for simple battery at the hospital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deputes determine shooting in Keithville was in self-defense KEITHVILLE, La. (KSLA) &#8211; Deputies responded to reports of a shooting Friday morning (June 27). It happened not long after 11 a.m. on Stagecoach Road just off Mansfield Road near Drag Strip Road. More than a dozen units from the sheriff\u2019s office responded. Officials with the Caddo &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=111014\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-self-defense","category-slugs-for-thugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=111014"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111015,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111014\/revisions\/111015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=111014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=111014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=111014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}