Lafayette Police say 27-year-old Xavier Herrera is the man who allegedly shot another male during an altercation between the two on Saturday, February 19th, in the 3300 block of Ambassador Caffery.
The New Orleans Police Department investigating a shooting, unfortunately, is nothing new these days. However, responding to a call of someone shot in the buttock, that's probably not as common.
On Friday, February 25, shortly before lunch time, shots rang out on S. Washington Street near West Lafayette Street in Abbeville as people in two vehicles began shooting at each other. Several spent casings were recovered in the area.
Imagine you are sleeping in your home one night and you hear shots ring out! You don't know if your home is the target or if some criminal(s) are trying to kill someone else and may hit you in the process.
46-year-old Cassandra Hopkins and 19-year-old Kaemon Bush have been arrested after 20-year-old Derrick Williams allegedly kidnapped a toddler after shooting a Bayou Vista woman in November 2021.
A 26-year-old man is in critical condition after Lafayette Police say he was shot multiple times Thursday night after walking out of a local establishment.
St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby J. Guidroz said his office was notified just before 1:30 am that a male subject was dropped off at a local hospital with a gunshot wound. The man later died from his injury.