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TPSO: 18-year-old found gunned down in yard

(WGNO/Jordan Lippincott)

TANGIPAHOA PARISH, La. (WGNO) — An 18-year-old is dead after a shooting in Tangipahoa parish Sunday, May 28.

According to Chief Jimmy Travis of the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to a call of shots fired at a home on Martin Luther King Drive inside the Village of Tangipahoa around 1:00 p.m.

At the scene, Travis said deputies located Calvin Felton, of Hammond, in a yard suffering from at least one gunshot wound to the stomach.

He was taken to a nearby hospital where he later died.

Details about a suspect or motive weren’t released. The incident remains under investigation.

Anyone with information about the homicide can contact detectives at (985)-902-2045 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-554-5245.

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