Killer Of Two Sisters Shoots Himself As Police Arrive

"WINNSBORO, LA — Winnsboro Police Chief Lester Thomas said a man believed to have killed two sisters shot himself in front of investigators.

"`We received a 911 call from the 7200 block of Prairie Road yesterday, around 6:39 p.m.,` Thomas said Tuesday. He said the first officers on the scene found one victim, Morgan Love, bleeding in the front yard of the residence.

"`She had been shot multiple times,` Thomas said. `We also identified another person, Patrick Cooper, who was seen standing over her with a handgun.`

"Thomas said as officers arrived and began exiting their vehicle, Cooper, 18, shot himself. He said officers then entered the residence, which is across the street from the Franklin Parish School Board Office, and found another female victim, Stephanie Love, with gunshot wounds in her back.

"Thomas said the two victims are sisters. He said Cooper and Stephanie Love were pronounced dead at the scene, and Morgan Love died a short time later at Franklin Medical Center.

"Thomas could not elaborate on the motive for the shooting."

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