Busted In Acadiana

The Jackson Parish Sheriff’s Office is  investigating the shooting death of a child initially reported as a suicide.

According to Sheriff Andy Brown, deputies were called to a residence in Quitman in reference to a shooting.

When deputies arrived, Brown said, they found an 8-year-old child had been shot in the head.

“At this time, the investigation is ongoing,” Brown said. He said investigators were working to determine if the shooting was a suicide.

“We’re treating this as a suspicious incident,” Brown said.

He said the child’s body was sent to Little Rock for an autopsy.