RAYNE, La. (NEWS 15) — An Acadia Parish jury convicted a man of murdering a high school student in 2021, according to District Attorney Don Landry.
He said Scott Cooper, 45, of Church Point, was found guilty of second-degree murder for shooting and killing Notre Dame High School student Garrison Gautreaux, 17, on May 16, 2021.
He added Cooper shot Gautreaux while he was sitting in his pickup truck outside a house on North Polk Street in Rayne after winning the high school baseball state championship. The incident was reported by a nearby resident who heard the gunshot. The investigation involved Rayne Police Department, Louisiana State Police, and Houston Police Department…