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(Trends Wide) — Authorities in southwest Louisiana have charged a 58-year-old man in connection with the shooting that left a minor injured when the suspect fired at a group of minors playing hide-and-seek.
The incident occurred early Sunday morning in the small town of Starks, Louisiana, near the Texas state line.
Authorities say a group of minors “were playing hide-and-seek in the area and hiding on a neighbor’s property” when David V. Doyle fired his gun.
The general area where a 14-year-old girl was shot while playing hide-and-seek in Starks, Louisiana on May 8, 2023.
Doyle told detectives that he “observed shadows outside his home, at which point he went in and grabbed his firearm. He then alerted detectives that he went back out and observed people fleeing his property, at which point he began shooting at them,” according to a statement from the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office.
A 14-year-old girl was shot in the back of the head and transported to the hospital with “non-life-threatening injuries,” the department said.
The area where the shooting occurred is a cul-de-sac with only three residents: Doyle, the victim’s family and a relative of the victim’s family, Trends Wide affiliate KPLC reported.
Doyle was charged with aggravated violence; four counts of aggravated assault with a firearm; and unlawful discharge of a firearm, the department said.
Trends Wide was unable to locate an attorney for Doyle.
