HOUMA, La. — Police in Louisiana are searching for suspects after a child was shot and killed in Houma.
JUST IN: Houma police have identified 8-year-old Treyce Bryant as the victim of yesterday's shooting.https://t.co/rhZssfi3xc pic.twitter.com/5Ho5cFQsS7
— FOX 8 New Orleans (@FOX8NOLA) March 23, 2021
According to WVUE and WWL, the incident occurred about 8:30 p.m. Monday on Main Street. Houma police said 8-year-old Treyce Bryant, her mother and another person were inside a dark compact car when a light-colored sedan began following them, the news outlets reported. Gunfire then erupted from the sedan, striking and wounding the girl, authorities said.
The victims drove the child to a nearby hospital, where she was pronounced dead, Houma police said in a Facebook post Tuesday.
March 23, 2021 The Houma Police Department is in the infant stages of working the homicide of an 8-year-old female who...
Posted by Houma Police Department on Monday, March 22, 2021
The case remains under investigation, police said. If you have any information about the deadly shooting, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-743-7433 or visit the website here.
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