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Rest today, litigates circumstances that led up to this shooting, this was on july 6th, are still far from settled. this much is known a deputy stopped an african-american man and his girlfriend who were riding an atv in cajun country, a rural area, and at some point a struggle broke out. the deputy shot and killed the man. from there the deputy's account conflicts in a big way with the girlfriend's version. kayleigh? >> i spent time this past week in louisiana. it's a one stoplight town surrounded by rice fields, gravel roads, the only way to navigate between them. the texture of this story a...

Has left the town reeling and several unanswered questions about what started the fatal altercation. the only people that know exactly what happened, the sheriff's deputy and the girlfriend of the now deceased man, who is now charged with attempted first-degree murder of a police officer. now, you have spent some time in this very small town earlier in the week. this is a rather complicated story. >> it really is. this town of mamu, louisiana, it is a one stop light town in a rural area surrounded by rice fields and gravel roads. the texture is complex. as his family buries him today, here is ...

This shooting on july 6th are far from settled. riding in an atv, at some point a struggle broke out and the deputy shot and killed the man. from there the account given by the deputy conflicts in a big way with the man's girlfriend. cnn's kaylee hartung joins us with more. we know the state is now investigating this shooting at the sheriff's request, but what do you know about what happened? >> well, ana, i spent time in louisiana this week, and this incident happened about three miles south of that one stoplight in town. gravel roads are the only way to navigate the rice fields there. so dep...

[ laughter ] >> andy: lost my -- i lost the plot. >> anthony: oh, that's okay. it all comes back to me as the world shifts and tilts. oh yeah. and though i've been looking out a whole lot of hotel windows these days, struggling to figure out where i am, being here, throwing back shots of rice whiskey with these guys, i know i'm back in thailand. [ laughter ] not just thailand, but northern thailand. once known as kingdom of a million rice fields, it's a fertile, green and gorgeous area, home of the ancient lanna people. welcome to chiang mai province. tucked up near the borders of burma, china...

It all comes back to me as the world shifts and tilts. oh yeah. and though i've been looking out a whole lot of hotel windows these days, struggling to figure out where i am, being here, throwing back shots of rice whiskey with these guys, i know i'm back in thailand. [ laughter ] not just thailand, but northern thailand. once known as kingdom of a million rice fields, it's a fertile, green and gorgeous area, home of the ancient lanna people. welcome to chiang mai province. tucked up near the borders of burma, china, laos, india not too far away. all of them have left their mark on the food.