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PIERRE PART - Last Thursday, a shooting took place along Bayou Drive in what is believed to be a racially-motivated crime.
Harley Son is the owner of the home where shooting happened. Her mother and her mother's boyfriend, Chris Haynes, were at Son's house and preparing for a baby shower when the unthinkable happened.
Haynes, who is Black, was shot by Son's neighbor.
Son told WBRZ she left her house to grab some fuel while Haynes was weed-eating her yard. When Son returned, Haynes told her about a conversation he had with her neighbor.
"When I pulled in the driveway, Chris had just come to tell me that. He was like, 'Your neighbor is a racist,' and he was saying, 'The N-words is not allowed in Pierre Part."
She told him not to worry about her the interaction and was heading back to the store when she heard screaming.
"I get out of my car, and I go to walk, and Chris comes out of like the back door," Son said. "He's holding his stomach and he's like stumbling."
She ran to her young daughter, who was inside the home at the time of the shooting, and hid her from the gunfire.
"I put her under the sink, and I'm like, 'Layla, you have to stay here. Do not come out until I come get you,'" Son said. "She's just crying, she's hysterical."
Son says she called 911.
"I go to call the cops, and when I look up, he's like right there and he's pointing the gun. And he's like, 'Where is he?'" she said.
When deputies arrived, the suspect shot toward them.
"My mom is screaming, 'He's shooting at the cops! He's shooting at the cops! He's shooting at the cops!'" Son said.
The shooter grazed Assumption Parish Sheriff Leland Falcon, and that's when a deputy shot the suspect.
Son says the situation is very shocking, considering that her few encounters with the suspect were always nice.
"If he is outside with his dogs, my daughter, she'll go and play with the dogs. The little bit that I've talked to him, you know, he's always been really nice," she said.
Haynes is expected to be released from the hospital in the next few days.
State Police has not released the identity of the shooter or the charges they will face. WBRZ is waiting for more details.
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