Pedro Paez

Suicide

Pedro Paez died after he reportedly jumped off the Hale Boggs Bridge in Luling. Just before 10 a.m., a deputy noticed a white 1990s model minivan parked on the shoulder of the bridge and stopped to investigate. The deputy saw that Paez had exited the other and was sitting in a wheelchair. Paez reportedly lifted himself out of the wheelchair and onto the bridge's railing as the deputy approached. "He informed the officer he did not have the will to live and then jumped," Sgt. Dwayne LaGrange said. "The officer did try to persuade the subject from jumping; however, the subject was determined to end his life." Paez reportedly told the deputy he had a terminal illness before he jumped into the river.