Galliano man and his seven-month-old son killed

A Galliano man and his seven-month-old son were killed Wednesday afternoon inside the man’s trailer after he shot and wounded a Lafourche Parish deputy, said Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office spokesman Larry Weidel.

Lafourche Parish Deputy Ben Dempster entered the mobile home at 213 West 136th Street in Galliano at around 1:10 p.m. after receiving “a complaint of an aggravated battery with a fire extinguisher,” according to a Sheriff’s Office news release.

Dempster and Deputy Jude Cantrelle had a report of someone being “beaten up pretty badly by a fire extinguisher, but they didn’t know who he was,” Weidel said. “They only had a description of the vehicle.”

The deputies found the vehicle at the Galliano address, and approached the mobile home “checking to see if the owner of the vehicle was there,” Weidel said. “They were not going into the trailer to look for anybody.”

Dempster “went into the trailer asking if the owner was in,” he said. “He didn’t know who they were looking for.”

Following standard procedure, Cantrelle stood outside at the back door of the mobile home, Weidel said.

Albert Dwain Dodge, age 39, who lived in the trailer, “came out of the bedroom firing,” he said.

Weidel said the mobile home is “a FEMA type of trailer,” and that the area around the bedroom “could be open” space.

“Dempster returned fire as he backed out of the trailer,” the release states. After Dempster was hit, it states, “Cantrelle…came around to the aid of the fallen officer.”

The release states that “Deputy Dempster was taken to Lady of the Sea Hospital in Galliano, where he reportedly suffered a severe bruise to his upper right chest area. The bullet-proof vest he was wearing saved his life.”

“No bullet penetrated” Dempster’s body, Weidel said.

“In the gunfire that took place,” Dodge “was killed as was his infant son, Typhoon,” the release states.

“Albert Dodge had an extensive criminal history, including an outstanding warrant for Contempt of Court and many previous arrests with charges ranging from felony theft to manslaughter to domestic abuse battery,” it states.

Weidel said, “This is speculation. Because it’s a shooting involving one of our officers, State Police has a shoot team to investigate” at the trailer to investigate the killing.

“As far as I know, the bodies remain where they lie,” he said late Wednesday afternoon.