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Abbeville Police is looking for information on a shooting that occurred this past weekend.
​On April 9, 2022, at approximately 2:50 p.m. officers of the Abbeville Police Department responded to the area of East Oak Street and North Bailey Street in reference to a “Shots Fired” call.

Gary Turner Jr., wanted in connection to a recent shooting death in Abbeville, has been arrested in a town an hour and a half away.
​On April 6, 2022 officers received credible information that Turner was at a residence in Cottonport, La. Officers from the Cottonport Police Department, the Moreauville Police Department and the Avoyelles Parish Sheriff’s Office quickly responded. Turner was confirmed to be in the residence, and he was confirmed to be armed with a handgun.

Angela Godwin said being named Vermilion Parish Elementary Principal of the Year served as a highlight of the positive things that are happening at Eaton Park.
Godwin recently received an email that further shined a spotlight on the school. Godwin has been named as a semifinalist for the Louisiana Department of Education’s Principal of the Year.
“I was speechless when I saw my name on the list,” Godwin said. “I reread the first few sentences of the email so that I could fully digest what it was saying!”