The New Orleans branch of the Bureau of ATF said it was assisting on scene where the officer was found dead and confirmed the death was tied to 'a manhunt for a gunman tied to multiple shootings in several parishes this weekend.'
A Louisiana State Police officer was found dead in Ascension Parish Saturday night as law enforcement authorities have swept across the region looking for a suspect in the murder of one person and the shooting of several others.
The ATF did not release information on how the officer died or how the suspect was specifically tied to the officer's death.Authorities have spent Saturday searching for Matthew Mire, 31, who is suspected of breaking into a home and shooting two people in Prairieville around 3 a.m. on Saturday, according to the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office.
PHOTO: Ascension Parish Sheriff Bobby Webre provides an update on the search for Matthew Mire, 31, who is suspected of shooting several people in Louisiana on Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021.