Sniper kills suspect wanted for allegedly shooting 6, including 3 Kenner officers

WAFB Baton Rouge via MSN ^ | 04 29 2024 | Ken Daley, Maddie Kerth, Chris Joseph

[yesthatjallen]

A sniper from the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office SWAT team ended a violent standoff when he shot and killed a gunman suspected of shooting six people this week, including three Kenner Police officers earlier Sunday (April 28).

The deceased suspect was identified as 31-year-old Matthew Lathers, who was wanted for an armed robbery committed last Tuesday in Kenner in which a 56-year-old victim was shot, and for shooting and wounding two men who made the mistake Sunday of stopping in front of the residence in which Lathers was hiding, in the 700 block of Farm Avenue, authorities said.

The home is owned by Lathers’ family.

Fox 8 spoke with a man Monday morning who wished to only be referred to as Lathers’ uncle.

He expressed concern for the shooting victims, then touched on the family’s love for Lathers.

“He was going through something. I could just see he probably just snapped. We couldn’t talk to him. We wished we could have just talked to him. Get something out, just talk to him and let him know that we love him and we care about him. We still do care about him, we still do love him even though he’s gone. We still love him, he’s not gone to us but we still love him,” the man said.

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[yesthatjallen]

Matthew Lathers

[PAR35]

How long before the DOJ starts prosecuting the cops?

[Uncle Miltie]

I hear he was a good boy, turning his life around, working on his rap album, granny loved him ....

[Az Joe]

Nice of his uncle not to give condolences to the families of the cops his “beloved” nephew murdered.

[TexasGator]

“I hear he was a good boy,”

He was 31.

[Mark17]

How long before the DOJ starts prosecuting the cops?

Probably not long, but are there any riots scheduled?

[Mark17]

I hear he was a good boy, turning his life around, working on his rap album, granny loved him ....

You forgot to mention, he loved his dog.

[Paladin2]

‘Rats need to be disarmed.

No 2A for them.

[lightman]

The deceased suspect was identified as 31-year-old Matthew Lathers

May his memory be forgotten!

[Romulus]

The officers all survived.

[lightman]

You forgot to mention, he loved his dog.

An' always done he'p his gramma carry in da groceries, y'all.

[lightman]

The officers all survived

Thanks be to God for a VERY happy ending!

[Bullish]

My God, those white supremacists Joe warned us about sure go to great lengths to disguise themselves, don't they?

[Bullish]

You forgot to mention, he loved his dog.

I doubt it, Matthew was probably scared shitless of dogs.

[Mark17]

I doubt it, Matthew was probably scared shitless of dogs.

Yeah, maybe he had already been bitten by a K-9 dog.

[ETCM]

Thankfully, the scumbag was the only fatality.

[Secret Agent Man]

Gonna kill me some whites

[cherry]

I wouldn’t want to just “talk” with him....he doesn’t look like a guy wants to stop and just “talk”...

[vetvetdoug]

He was just trying to equal or better the record left by Mark Essex who hated whites too.

[Sequoyah101]

All I can add is GREAT JOB! Needs to happen much more often. That single little bullet saved a lot more than a life and money. GREAT JOB! Good shootin’! I’m glad this piece of trash is dead.