re: 1 cop killed in Ville Platte, two others shot

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Unfamiliar with this story, could you elaborate?

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Dr. Ardoin was an Ob/Gyn in Ville Platte. Actually I think he was the only one in town. He also would deliver babies in adjacent towns. Worked like crazy. Would deliver babies all night and be ready to go seeing clinic patients all day with a smile on his face. A really good dude. He wanted to become a helicopter pilot and be able to get from town to town quickly. So he took the courses, did the hours up in a helicopter with someone training him etc. I actually went on the helicopter with him and his instructor. A few weeks or month later while he was flying alone he crashed and died at the age of 33. I believe the investigation determined that it was partially mechanical fault and partially pilot fault.

A very sad deal

I still have a Ville Platte Medical Center shirt from back then (1994) that I still wear to this day.