PIERRE PART - Three people, including Sheriff Leland Falcon, were shot in Assumption Parish on Thursday afternoon.

The Assumption Parish Sheriff's Office said Sheriff Falcon responded to a shooting on Bayou Drive in Pierre Part because he was the closest person to the home when the call went out.

Deputies said when Sheriff Falcon arrived, one person was already suffering from a gunshot wound. As the sheriff was confronting the shooting suspect, he was fired upon and grazed.

In total, three people suffered gunshot wounds from a shotgun. Sources said the shooting was domestic in nature and one of the injured people was shot in the stomach.

The severity of injuries has not been released. Two of the injured people were taken to Our Lady of the Lake by AirMed and Acadian ambulances.

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