Three juveniles were charged with murder in connection to a fatal crash that killed a Louisiana deputy early Sunday morning.
St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Deputy Sgt. Grant Candies, 37, was fatally struck by the fleeing teens while deploying spike strips and assisting in the pursuit on Interstate 10 in Slidell.
Police said the chase started on Brownswitch Road when a deputy attempted to stop a vehicle driving recklessly without a tag displayed. The driver, 17-year-old Adrian Waughtal, “fled at a high rate of speed.”
“He was going at least 85, 90 mph. He kept swerving. I was like, ‘What is going on?’” a witness recalled.
On Monday, two more juveniles were arrested on charges including first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder. They were identified as Mason Paul Eugene Fischer and Michael Emanual Lanier.
“I ask our community to please pray for Sgt. Candies’ family ad well as his blue family, his coworkers and other members of law enforcement,” Sheriff Randy Smith said.
“Sgt. Candies’ death reiterates the dangers our deputies face every day when they put on their badges.”
