VPHS student is killed in shooting

By News Staff on Thursday, May 7, 2026
  • Ville Platte Chief of Police A. Perry Thomas (center) and other law enforcement officers investigate evidence collected at the scene of a fatal shooting in Ville Platte on Monday, May 4. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)
    Ville Platte Chief of Police A. Perry Thomas (center) and other law enforcement officers investigate evidence collected at the scene of a fatal shooting in Ville Platte on Monday, May 4. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)
    By: TONY MARKS Editor VILLE PLATTE - The life of a Ville Platte High School student was tragically cut short after he was shot and killed on the afternoon of Monday, May 4. According to a press release from the Ville Platte Police Department, the shooting occurred shortly before 1 p.m. near the intersection of Martin Luther King Street and Calcasieu Street in Ville Platte. Pronounced dead a...

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