Ville Platte Mayor Ryan Leday Williams has issued the following statement on Monday night’s deadly shooting.
ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF VILLE PLATTE, WE EXTEND OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS TO EVERYONE THAT WAS EFFECTED FROM THIS TRAGEDY ON LAST NIGHT, AND OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO THE LOVED ONES AND COLLEAGUES OF DEPUTY MARSHALL BARRY GIGLIO, WHO WAS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY ON LAST NIGHT, THIS TRAGEDY IS YET ANOTHER REMINDER OF THE SACRIFICES MEN AND WOMEN IN LAW ENFORCEMENT MAKE EACH AND EVERY DAY WHEN THEY PUT ON THEIR UNIFORM AND BADGE, NOT KNOWING IF THEY’LL COME HOME TO THEIR FAMILIES AT THE END OF EACH DAY, DEPUTY MARSHALL GIGLIO’S ULTIMATE SACRIFICE IN SERVICE OF HIS COMMUNITY WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. IN CLOSING, LIFE IS A PRECIOUS GIFT THAT GODS AFFORDS US DAILY AND SHOULD NOT BE TAKING FOR GRANTED, “THE POSTURE FOR OUR CITY MUST ALWAYS BE PRAYER, NOT JUST AS A RESPONSE, BUT PRAYER AS A DEFENSE, WE AS A COMMUNITY HAVE TO PRAY IN A WAY THAT DISMANTLES THESE SYSTEMS”
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