CLARENCE, La. (KSLA) – Four people were shot during a trail ride event in Natchitoches Parish.

On March 22, at 7:47 p.m., the Natchitoches Parish Sheriff’s Office responded to multiple reports of shots fired at a trail ride event off of Catholic Lane in Clarence, Louisiana.

Upon arrival, deputies were met with heavy traffic and a crowd of over a thousand people. Four people were discovered with gunshot injuries.

Emergency medical units from Natchitoches Regional Medical Center and Air EVAC Life Team helicopters were sent to transport the victims.

Victims

• A 22-year-old woman with non-life-threatening injuries.
• A 16-year-old boy with non-life-threatening injuries.
• A 16-year-old boy was transported to a regional trauma center. His condition is unknown.
• A 20-year-old man was transported to a regional trauma center. His condition is unknown.

NPSO and the Louisiana State Police Bureau of Investigations are leading the investigation.

Detectives believe the suspect fled the scene before law enforcement arrived.

Special lighting equipment from Natchitoches Parish Fire Protection District #9 was used to photograph and process the scene for over three hours.

A private group provided security for the event, and NPSO was not provided details for the event.

The investigation is ongoing. Detectives are asking you to come forward if you have any information or video footage.

Anyone with information regarding this incident is encouraged to contact the NPSO Criminal Investigations Bureau at (318) 357-7830, the Natchitoches Parish Sheriff’s Office at (318) 357-7851, or Crime Stoppers of Natchitoches at (318) 238-2388. Tips may be eligible for a reward and will remain confidential.

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ROSEDALE – An artist is getting national attention for her use of a Japanese art form to showcase the alligator, one of Louisiana’s most famous animals.

The artist’s name is Leslie Charleville of L. Charleville Studios.

“The art style is gyotaku. It’s an old Japanese technique where fishermen used to come in back in the seventeenth century and there would be people there with rice paper and Sumi ink and they would paint the fish, press it to paper, and give an exact impression of it,” Charleville said.

Over the last 14 years, she has used this style of art to paint and draw hundreds to thousands of animals. These pieces include shrimp, crabs, and more. Her most famous work is alligators.

Her busiest time of the year for her art work is during alligator hunting season, which she says is only September and some parts of October.

“It’s highly regulated by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. I mean there’s only a certain number of tags that go out, it’s managed between the farms and you know the tag system,” Charleville said.

Hunters call her almost every day during gator season, hoping to have them printed after the gator has been tagged.

“I went and hung out and Pierre Part and they were kind enough and generous enough to let me print their alligators,” Charleville said.

She explained the process of making this art.

“We hose it off, clean it, position it the way that it needs to be positioned, roll it with paint, press it, drop it to the canvas, and of course, it takes a couple of people with these large alligators. Do all the pressing and the rubbing, and try to get as much detail,” Charleville said.

After that, she’ll paint and design it, with most of them then being up for sale.

She says the things that she enjoys most about doing this artwork are the people she gets to interact with and says this art is a way of preserving the animal’s memory.

“It brings me such joy to see the things that were created, brought back to life in a way that honors the animal and I mean his DNA is on the canvas,” Charleville said.

Charleville says her art work will be on display at the Louisiana Art & Science Museum on April 2. It will be up until around mid-May.

“It’s a huge honor. A lot of artists never get to see their work hanging in a museum and so I don’t take it lightly,” Charleville said.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – The Louisiana Art and Science Museum is inviting the public to learn about ancient Egypt.

The museum is hosting an event called “Egyptian Art and Archology: A Day of Hands-On History.” It will take place at the museum on Saturday, April 5, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Organizers said the interactive event will allow guests the opportunity to learn about ancient Egyptian traditions and explore the mysteries of Egypt through excavation activities. Museum visitors will also have the chance to create art and artifacts that ancient Egyptians once used.

The event will be facilitated by the Louisiana Division of Archeology, 2021 Louisiana Teacher of the year Nathalie Roy, and by Glasgow Middle’s Roman technology students.

“Come enjoy a day of hands-on history as my students help you experience ancient Egypt through its objects and archaeology,” Roy said. “Objects have stories to tell, stories about their functions, their purpose, and their owners. Once young students learn these stories, they love to tell them to others.”

The Louisiana Art and Science Museum also has a year long exhibition underway called “Discoveries on the Nile: Exploring King Tut’s Tomb and the Amin Egyptian Collection.” The exhibition includes authentic Egyptian funeral masks and reproductions of artifacts from the tomb of King Tutankhamun.

To see more about what the Louisiana Art and Science Museum has going on, click here.

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