VILLE PLATTE, La. (KLFY) -- A Ville Platte man said law enforcement is not doing enough to solve his son's murder or the other unsolved cases that seemingly continue to stack up.

Andrew Nelson is the father of 28-year-old Andrew Thomas, a Ville Platte man who was fatally shot in March behind a tire shop on North Chatagnier Street.

"I'm trying to get the police department to do more on the investigation of my son's murder and some of the other murders that got him. Our police department is not doing enough," Nelson said.

Nelson also noted other recent cases that remain unsolved, saying he hopes the police department talks with the parents who lost their children to violence.

"I'd hope that our police department would reach out to the parents that lost their kid and talk to them. Let them know what they're doing, that they are working on the case," Nelson said.

"I feel like my son is just another cold case sitting on the side," he said.

If any progress is finally to be made on these cases, Nelson said the police department won't be able to do it alone.

Nelson believes police should ask for outside assistance to find those responsible for the crimes.

"I feel like the police department needs to get together with the sheriff's department and try to see what they can do together. It's like they're not working together, the police department and the sheriff's department," he said.

"They're not working together, and they should work together... and I feel like our police department is not asking them for help," Nelson said.

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