Barbara Lassere, 60
LaPlace, Louisiana
January 24, 2013
Agencies: St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office Louisiana
Cause of death: Shooting
Last updated: almost 4 years ago
Overview 
State police say a 60-year-old woman fatally shot by a St. John the Baptist Parish sheriff's deputy was pulled over because of a broken headlight.
Troopers say Barbara Lassere was shot after evading a Thursday morning traffic stop.
Trooper Melissa Matey tells the Times-Picayune Lassere refused to get out of the car when she was stopped and instead brandished a gun before fleeing the scene.
She says the deputy then engaged in a slow-speed chase, following Lassere to a nearby home where police say Lassere then again refused to exit the car and fired a round at the deputy.
Matey says the deputy returned fire fatally injuring Lassere.
Sheriff Mike Tregre says state police will now handle the investigation into the shooting.
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- https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCOURTS-laed-2_13-cv-05430/pdf/USCOURTS-laed-2_13-cv-05430-1.pdf added January 01, 2017 06:33
- https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCOURTS-laed-2_13-cv-05430/pdf/USCOURTS-laed-2_13-cv-05430-1.pdf added January 01, 2017 06:33
- http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/09/06/lous-s06.html added January 01, 2017 06:32
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- https://usgunviolence.wordpress.com/2013/01/24/killed-barbara-lassere-laplace-la/ added January 01, 2017 06:28
- http://www.theunfitchristian.com/black-women-killed-by-police/ added January 01, 2017 06:28
- http://data.fatalencounters.org/page/Barbara-Lassere-7502 added January 01, 2017 06:28
- http://www.cbsnews.com/news/barbara-lassere-case-traffic-stop-over-broken-headlight-leads-to-60-year-old-womans-fatal-shooting-police-say/ added January 01, 2017 06:28