The good news is that the national average is lower than most countries. The bad news is Louisiana's murder rate is more than twice the national average.
21-year-old Trevonce Bernard has been charged with the murder of 17-year-old Garon Lewis, the son of Iberia Parish School Board member Raymond “Shoe Do” Lewis.
The 21-year-old man accused of killing five people including his parents in a multi-parish shooting over the weekend before fleeing to his grandmother's house has confessed, authorities said Tuesday.