Officer-Involved Shooting in Tangipahoa Parish

This morning (August 3, 2026), Louisiana State Police detectives were requested to investigate an officer-
involved shooting involving the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office that occurred on Interstate 55 in Tangipahoa Parish, just south of Independence.

One subject was injured and transported to a local hospital. No officers were injured during this incident. This investigation remains ongoing, and updates will be provided as they become available.

In a video Facebook post (Click here to view the video post), Livingston Parish Sheriff Jason Ard provided additional details. Sheriff Ard stated that the incident began as a vehicle pursuit in Albany. The suspect crashed into another vehicle south of Independence and then fled on foot. The Deputy "tased" the suspect but the suspect disarmed the Deputy of his taser and tased the deputy. Ard says "the deputy did what he had to do to survive the incident" and that the suspect is in a hospital in critical condition.

Anyone with information and/or pictures and video is urged to share that information with LSP Detectives. You may anonymously report information through the Louisiana State Police online reporting system by visiting https://www.lsp.org and clicking the “Report Suspicious or Criminal Activity” link, or by calling the LSP Fusion Center Hotline at 1-800-434-8007.