Author: Advocate Staff / Source: The Advocate
Five people were killed Saturday morning in two linked Ascension and Livingston Parishes shootings and authorities are on the hunt for a 21-year-old man believed to be the shooter.
Dakota Theriot, 21, is suspected of shooting and killing his girlfriend Summer Ernest, 20, and two of her family members, and her dad Billy Ernest, 43, and brother Tanner Ernest, 17, at their mobile home in Livingston Parish just outside Walker.
He is then accused of killing his parents Elizabeth Theriot, 50, and Keith Theriot, 50, in Gonzales, according to authorities from Livingston and Ascension Parishes.The Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that Dakota Theriot should be considered armed and dangerous. He is reportedly driving a 2004 Dodge pickup truck that’s gray on top and silver on the bottom, license plate No. C583809.
The Ernests’ neighbor Charlenne Bordelon said the two youngest children in the Ernest family ran to her home early Saturday asking for help after the shooting. Bordelon said the two children, both under 8 years old, were home at the time of the shooting, but were not injured.
While she said the Ernest family were friendly and good neighbors, she said she did not know the older daughter’s boyfriend, Dakota Theriot, who had moved in with the family a few weeks ago. But she said she had not noticed any issues or fighting.
“It’s so heartbreaking,” Bordelon said, tears welling in her eyes.
After that shooting, authorities believe Dakota Theriot drove to his parents home in Gonzales, where he shot them both.
“He lived there with the mom and dad for a little while, but (was) recently asked to leave with some disagreements,” said…
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