Pine Prairie postal service clerk arrested for attempted manslaughter

By: ELIZABETH WEST
Managing Editor

A former Mamou postal service clerk, who has recently been working at the Pine Prairie Post Office, was arrested for attempted manslaughter earlier this week.
In a press release from Saint Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz it stated, “John D. Pastorick, 67, 223 Shelton Manuel Road, Eunice, was charged with attempted manslaughter after a shooting at his residence.”
The Eunice News reported that “deputies investigating the shooting on Monday spoke with Pastorick, who told them when he arrived at his residence he and his granddaughter began to argue.”
According to Guidroz, “The argument ended with his granddaughter leaving the kitchen and entering her bedroom. Pastorick then entered her room and shot what he believed to be an intruder.”
Pastorick has admitted to shooting the 17-year-old male.
The Eunice News also reported that “Pastorick never disclosed to the initial investigating deputies or detectives that the teen posed any type of threat, prior to shooting at him,” and that “the teen was found unarmed and barely clothed by deputies and medical personnel.”
The granddaughter has also provided a statement to officers “indicating that the teen did not pose a threat to her or Pastorick.”
Pastorick’s bail was set at $25,000.00.