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VILLE PLATTE, La. — An insurance agent who had been in trouble before fatally shot two unarmed Louisiana insurance fraud investigators trying to collect information from him and later killed himself, authorities said Tuesday.
Investigators believe John Melvin Lavergne shot the man and woman at his office about 1 p.m., said Louisiana State Police Superintendent Mike Edmonson.
Killed were Rhett Jeansonne and Kim Sledge, both veteran investigators with the department, said Insurance Department Commissioner Jim Donelon.
Lavergne, who had been cited more than once on fraud allegations, then barricaded himself inside the agency.
The Associated Press
