LAKE CHARLES, La. — A carjacking suspect is dead after leading Lake Charles Police officers on a chase and crashing into a home and being shot by an officer Wednesday night.
Lake Charles officers responded to a carjacking at about 8:30 p.m. near Shattuck and O'Brien Street according to a news release from the Louisiana State Police.
The Lake Charles Police Department requested that state police investigate after Winston Joseph Latour III, 37, of Lake Charles, was fatally shot by a Lake Charles officer the release said.
When officers found the suspect vehicle a chase began and ended when the car crashed into a home in the 1000 block of 13th Street in the city according to the release.
He had a weapon and officers fired and struck Latour who was pronounced dead at the scene according to the release.
A single mother and her two children narrowly escaped injury when the car crashed through their home and the armed suspect emerged from the car.
A GoFundMe has been set up to help the family who lived in the home.
The Louisiana State Police’s investigation into the officer-involved shooting is ongoing and more information will be made available as it is released.
