MARRERO, La. — Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies fatally shot a man they say refused orders to get out of his vehicle in Marrero on Wednesday morning.
According to Sheriff Joseph Lopinto, deputies were dispatched to a 911 complaint in the 500 block of Wilson Street around 2:15 a.m. At the scene, deputies made contact with a man who refused to exit his vehicle.
The coroner's office identified the man shot and killed as 34-year-old Daniel Vallee.
“After several minutes of deputies speaking with the suspect and attempting to secure his cooperation, the suspect escalated his refusal to cooperate by starting his vehicle’s engine,” Lopinto said. “Deputies who were in the direct path of the vehicle discharged their service weapons, striking the suspect several times.”
Surveillance video from a camera at a nearby home showed officers surrounding a vehicle and then at some point, shots appear to be fired as the front and back windows appear to be blown out.
The JPSO said that the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
Neighbors said most of the residents in the area are elderly.
John Porter, who lives nearby, said he and many of the neighbors have made complaints about the house in question but they seem to have fallen on deaf ears.
"I talked to one of his officers this morning and told him that it took this to get this many police out here... he said, 'man, look, you have to talk to Joe Lopinto.' I said, 'That's been done already.'"
The sheriff’s office did not provide details about the 911 complaint or why deputies were called to the area. The statement did not say if the man tried to move the car before the deputies opened fire.
Lopinto said several body-worn cameras were collected as evidence at the scene. The JPSO is asking anyone with relevant video or other information about the shooting should call the sheriff’s office investigations bureau at 504-365-5300.
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