Man opens fire at Louisiana bus stop

MERAUX, La. -- A man holding his 2-year-old son was shot to death and the child was seriously wounded near a crowded school bus stop Tuesday when a man grabbed a shotgun out of his car and started firing, investigators said.

Louis Schenck III was arrested shortly after the shootings were reported at about 7:15 a.m., said Lt. Mike Sanders, spokesman for the sheriff in St. Bernard Parish, just east of New Orleans.

It was unclear what sparked the shooting. According to witnesses, it happened in front of Schenck's father's house in the New Orleans suburb of Meraux.

Sanders said investigators were told the gunman drove up to the house, went inside, then came out and grabbed the gun from the car and started firing.

Deputies at the scene found the suspect holding a shotgun and walking in front of his parents' house. As Schenck dropped the weapon and started walking away, deputies rushed him and took him into custody, Sanders said.