INVESTIGATIVE UNIT: Deputy, family of Lt. who died months later file lawsuit after deadly courthouse shooting

IBERVILLE — A second lawsuit against the Iberville Parish Sheriff’s Office was filed today in response to the October 2025 shooting that killed a deputy and injured another.

Deputy Charles Riley was killed and Brett Stassi Jr. seriously injured when a suspect that was being interviewed at the courthouse grabbed Stassi’s gun and began firing.

The plaintiffs in this lawsuit are Kathryn Gauthreaux, the fiancée of the late Lt. Anthony Mascaro, who responded to the shooting scene, and Deputy Makayla Stewart, a trainee who was there when it happened…

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