MINDEN, La.—An 11-year-old boy is suspected of fatally shooting a woman and her father, an 82-year-old man who once served as mayor, city council member and deputy sheriff in Louisiana, police said Tuesday.
A 911 caller told police on Sunday morning that there were two dead people in a house in the northern city of Minden, said Police Chief Jared McIver, who did not identify the caller. Responding officers found the bodies of Joe Cornelius Sr. and his daughter Keisha Miles, 31, at the residence. The 11-year-old was on the scene at the time, he said.
