17-year-old jogger shot while man practices target shooting in Luling

Yasmin Garaad
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ST. CHARLES PARISH, La. (WGNO) — The St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting that left a 17-year-old wounded in Luling on Saturday, April 20.

According to the sheriff’s office, deputies responded to a shooting in the 500 block of Cypress Street. A man, later identified as 50-year-old Blaze Gilyot, was target shooting on the levee when a 17-year-old teen, who was jogging, ran into the path of fire and was shot.

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Once he realized the teen had been shot, Gilyot reportedly assisted the victim until medical services arrived. The 17-year-old was airlifted to a hospital where he remains in stable condition.

Gilyot was charged with negligent injuring and the parish ordinance relative to discharging a firearm in a residential area.

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