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The man deputies shot after a four-hour Gibson standoff last week had a history of association with biker gangs in Terrebonne and St. Mary parishes but had cut ties with them while becoming increasingly isolated.
Terry DuBois, 55, moved into the mobile home where he held officers at bay for four hours only a few months ago. Although he had friends and relatives in Terrebonne his roots were in St. Mary Parish, where he had a long-time address. A pending divorce and more recently, loss of a job are among personal issues authorities say may have led DuBois to exit the trailer with an assault rifle at his side and a pistol in his hand. A fusillade of shots from as many as twelve deputies that brought him down after a shot discharged from one of his weapons.
“He threw a suicide note out of the trailer,” said Terrebonne Parish Sheriff Jerry Larpenter, whose deputies attempted to negotiate with DuBois and ended up taking his life because of the threat he posed. “He lost his job in January, flipped over a truck, then he wrecked his motorcycle and he was doing meth.”
At one point as deputies were attempting to negotiate, Larpenter said, DuBois had appeared at the trailer door holding a gun to his own head.
“People don’t realize that when you do these drugs over time your brain gets fried, you’re not rationally thinking,” Larpenter said.
The Louisiana State Police are investigating the shooting, at the request of Larpenter. The sheriff made clear, however, that he has no doubt his deputies acted appropriately. It was DuBois’ own actions, he said, that made the shooting necessary.
Larpenter said he could not confirm whether 12 officers opened fire, and that those details will be sorted out by the investigating agency.
“When you have several officers shooting at once it’s hard to know,” Larpenter said. “We know that he had the AR-15 strapped on him, two weapons,” Larpenter said. “
Deputies, Larpenter confirmed, initially fired a less-than-lethal round at DuBois.
“After he was hit with the non-lethal he stumbled to the ground, then he got back up,” Larpenter said. “There was a shot fired from the long gun and we found an AR bullet around there. The AR had a 30-round clip.”
Some friends and acquaintances also spoke of drug use by DuBois, whom they say fell into a spiral of bad behavior earlier this year.
The death of the late Ken “Coldshot” Dykes, vice president of the Bandidos motorcycle club of Berwick, was cited by friends of Dubois as another source of sorrow. Those friends, who asked not to be identified by name, said DuBois had associated with the Bandidos as well as the Sovaros, described as a “supporting club” of the larger, nationally known group. Attempts to contact spokesmen for the Sovaros and the Bandidos were not successful. Relatives said the men knew each other but that they were not close.
DuBois was remembered as a regular at the Y Knot Lounge, a Berwick bar popular with bikers. He was described as a courteous and quiet customer who would drink light beer and made no trouble.
