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Man dies in a house fire he set after shooting his dog
CHOCTAW- A Choctaw man died in a house fire that he set himself after shooting his dog on Thursday, Sept. 22, officials say.
Lafourche Parish deputies and firefighters arrived on scene at around 3:20 p.m. on Thursday after a report of a fire on Choctaw School Road. Just inside the front door of the residence, firefighters discovered 57-year-old Samuel Farace's body after extinguishing the flames.
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The Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office detectives conducted an investigation with the State Fire Marshal's Office investigators. It was determined that Farace had shot his dog with a rifle and subsequently set his house on fire. The dog was discovered dead inside the man's home. An autopsy done late Friday afternoon confirmed Farace had died in the fire.
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