St Tammany Deputy Shot While on Patrol

Update

In connection with the shooting of St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Deputy Kenneth Doby and the burglary of a local area business, a 13-year-old Waldheim area male has been arrested and booked into the Florida Parishes Juvenile Detention Center on the charges of 

• Attempted First Degree Murder
• Resisting a Police Officer with Force or Violence
• Resisting an Officer
• Battery of a Police Officer, Injury Medical Attention
• Simple Burglary
• Illegal Possession of a Handgun by a Juvenile
• Illegal Possession of Stolen Goods

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Original Story

St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Deputy Kenneth Doby is hospitalized after being shot while patrolling in the Waldheim area early Wednesday (May 25, 2022) morning. 

Deputy Doby was patrolling the area of Highway 21 and Highway 1083 in Waldheim after a suspected business burglary had been reported. At approximately 3 a.m., Deputy Doby approached an individual who he observed walking in the area, and when he got out of his unit the individual fired a weapon, striking the deputy.

Unverified reports identify the shooter as a 13 year-old.

After being shot, the deputy was still able to assist in taking the subject into custody before the arrival of emergency medical personnel. Deputy Doby was transported to a local hospital, where he is alert and being treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

The subject is currently being interviewed by detectives, and charges in connection with the business burglary and the shooting are pending.

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