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Michael Noel, mentally ill man killed by Louisiana deputy, wasn't violent, family says
A 32-year-old mentally ill man was fatally shot by a sheriff's deputy after he resisted efforts to be taken into protective custody, his mother said.
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While executing the order, a deputy shot Michael Noel in the chest after he resisted restraint and powered through two shocks from a stun gun, according to his mother and an aunt, Sable "Pat" Alex. Both women said they witnessed the shooting and that Michael Noel was unarmed with one handcuff around one wrist when he died near the doorway.
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Louisiana state police are investigating. Spokesman Master Trooper Brooks David said in an email Wednesday that he could not confirm details of the shooting.