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Woman shot, man in custody in Eunice shooting

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UPDATE: Eunice Police have charged Joseph Lonnie Andrus, 44, Eunice, with Attempted Manslaughter in reference to this shooting. Andrus will be booked into the St Landry Parish Jail, Eunice Police say.

ORIGINAL STORY: One person is wounded and another in custody following a shooting early Thursday in Eunice.

Eunice Police tell us they were called to Gaspard Street around 5:30 a.m. and found a woman with a gunshot wound near a ditch in front of a home. EMS personnel arrive and took her to a hospital for treatment of injuries described as serious, police say.

She was awake and talking when police found her.

Police have a man in custody but haven't released names yet. They're asking anyone who has any information about the incident to call Eunice Police or St. Landry Parish Crime Stoppers.