Roland Gautreaux
May 9, 2018
Suspect runs over woman, knocks another unconscious
May 9, 2018
A shooting at an after prom party left two males injured with non-life threatening injuries.
The Terrebonne Parish Sheriff ’s Office announced on Sunday morning that they were investigating the shooting, which allegedly occurred at 12:30 a.m. on Sunday morning in the area of West Park Avenue and Johnson Ridge Lane.
Students from several local high schools were gathered at that location for an after-prom party. Ellender Memorial High School had its prom on Saturday night and several students and friends gathered there after the event.
Authorities said that more than 150 people were at the scene and at some point in the night, gunshots went off and everyone ran in all directions to leave the scene.
Authorities said they do not have any leads on a suspect, nor a motive. They do not know if the shooting was with intent or if it was accidental.
Authorities in their press release released information which said that two male subjects were taken to a local hospital where they were treated for non-life threatening injuries.
But since that release, more information has been released about the circumstances behind the incident and its victims.
Several sources who attended the party said that two of the victims in this case were Ellender students Marquie Mosely and his prom date, Sherranika Diggs.
Both students are prominent, well-known student-athletes at the school.
Diggs is a standout volleyball player and Mosely is a multi-year starter on the Patriots’
boys’ basketball team.
According to witnesses, Mosely and Diggs were near where the shots were fired.
When Mosely heard the shots, he reportedly threw Diggs onto the ground and laid
on top of her to shield her from being wounded.
In the process, Mosely was wounded and suffered non-life threatening injuries.
In the wake of the shooting, several community members spoke out against the violence in the community, stating that there was no reason for any high school student to even have a gun at a social gathering, much less to use it to injure friends or classmates.
On Monday morning, Mosely posted on his Facebook page a statement, which echoed those thoughts.
An emotional Mosely said that he now can’t walk across the stage of his high school
graduation because of the incident. “That could have been anyone,” Mosely said in his post, which has been shared hundreds of times since Monday morning. TPSO is looking for leads to develop a suspect in the case.
Anyone with information is asked to call TPSO at (985) 876-2500.
