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ST. CHARLES PARISH (WGNO) – St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office is releasing more details about the man who is accused of shooting a deputy multiple times in an apparent ambush.

58-year-old John Paul Devillier is in police custody. He is accused of shooting Clp. Burt Hazeltine who was working his usual traffic detail near the intersection of Highway 90 and Louisiana Street in Paradis.

Devillier allegedly started an argument with Hazeltine through his car window when Hazeltine didn’t stop traffic so he could make a left turn, St. Charles Parish Sheriff Greg Champagne said.

A short time later, Devillier drove back to a Time Saver gas station near the intersection and called Hazeltine over. Hazeltine drew his weapon when he noticed a handgun on Devillier’s dashboard.

Champagne said Devillier then held the gun out of the window in a non-threatening matter, only to fire another gun through the window at deputy Hazeltine.

Hazeltine was shot 3 times, once in the left eye, once in the right arm near the elbow and once in the chest.

Champagne said Hazeltine was able to return fire hitting Devillier’s pick-up truck.

Deputies quickly rushed to the scene and arrested Devillier who surrendered peacefully.

Devillier was fired from the TSA in 2013 for bad behavior and previously arrested for assault and domestic battery in Mississippi. Champagne said Devillier got a divorce in 2013 and was currently living at a hotel in Gulfport, Miss.

Weird details

During the time, Devillier first spoke with deputy Hazeltine and returned to the scene he called the sheriff’s office.

St. Charles Parish Sheriff Greg Champagne said Devillier called the sheriff’s office and demanded to speak to the chief deputy. Devillier allegedly told the operator he was an NCIS agent and needed the sheriff to come to the Time Saver gas station near where Hazeltine was working his detail.

In that traffic detail, Hazeltine assisted school buses in making safe turns off of Highway 90 from JB Martin Middle School, Champagne said.

Eyewitness

Robert Doublat told WGNO reporter Erin Nicole he was inside the gas station when the shooting happened.