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STATE DEADLINE AND CLOSE THE BOOKS. JENNIFER CROCKETT, WDSU NEWS THANK YOU. -- WDSU NEWS. TRAVER THANK YOU. SEEKING MORE INFORMATION. RELATIVES OF TWO MEN SHOT AND KILLED BY JEFFERSON PARISH DEPUTIES BACK IN MARCH SAY THEY WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE CASE. BUT AT THIS POINT, JPSO SAYS THE SHOOTING WAS JUSTIFIED. FLANKED BY MEMBERS OF THE NEW BLACK PANTHER PARTY, RELATIVES -- >> NOTHING IS GOING ON. WE CAN’T SLEEP. WE ARE NOT GETTING REST BECAUSE OF THIS. TRAVER RELATIVES OF CHRIS JOSEPH AND DAVIRI ROBERTSON SAY THEY ARE GETTING STONEWALLED BY TOP COPS AND PROSECUTORS. >> IT’S BEEN LIKE FOUR AND A HOA -- FOUR AND A HALF MONTHS, FIVE MONTHS APPROACHING, AND THEY HAVE NOT GIVEN US ANYTHING ON THE STATUS OF THE CASE. TRAVERS: THE MEN WERE SHOT AND KILLED IN AN IHOP PARKING LOT IN TERRYTOWN IN MARCH. >> THEY ARE NOT TELLING US ANYTHING. TRAVERS: BUT OTHERS OUT HERE SAY THEY HAVE RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM COPS. >> WE DON’T KNOW THE NAMES. >> I GOT THE NAMES, IT’S ON A POLICE REPORT. >> OH, YOU GOT A POLICE REPORT? TRAVERS: JPSO SAY THE SHOOTING WAS THE END RESULT OF A DRUG STING. IT HAPPENED IN LATE MARC THE MEN KILLED HAD ALLEGEDLY RAMMED TWO JPSO CRUISERS AFT GETTING BOXED IN. THAT’S WHY DEPUTIES OPENED FIRE. >> PEOPLE PLAY STUPID GAMES WHEN IT COMES TO NARCOTICS, AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE TO GO OUT THERE AND BE THAT DIVIDING LINE TO TRY TO MAKE THIS PARISH LITTLE SAFER EVERY SINGLE DAY, AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE NOT ONLY TWO PEOPLE WHO WERE KILLED TODAY BECAUSE OF THAT, I HAVE ANOTHER DEPUTY THAT WAS HIT BY A VEHICL TRAVERS: THE SHERIFF HAS TURNED THE MATTER OVER TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY. THERE IS VIDEO OF THE INCIDENT. THIS FAMILY SAYS THEY JUST WANT MORE. >> THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ANYBODY’S CHILD. WE WANT JUSTICE FOR HIM AND WE ARE NOT GETTING IT. TRAVERS:

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