Eunice police searching for teen suspect in E. Maple Avenue shooting
KATC
and last updated 2021-02-25 12:35:10-05
Police say they are continuing to search for the suspect of a shooting on E. Maple Avenue in Eunice. The suspect, a 17-year-old is still at large.
Eunice Police Chief Randy Fontenot says the victim has been identified as 20-year-old man from Eunice. He has undergone surgery for his injuries and is listed in stable condition.
The suspect is a 17 year old. Fontenot says that the teen s identity will not be released. Had this incident occurred last year, before the stateâs laws changed, the suspect could have been charged as an adult and his identity made known.
Juvenile Booked In Eunice Drive-By Shooting Case
A sixteen-year-old male has been arrested on a charge of Attempted-First-Degree murder in connection with a drive-by shooting in January that led to another young person being injured. The drive-by shooting happened January 3 at the intersection of Lewis Street and East Maple Avenue.
Eunice Police Chief Randy Fontenot, via press release, is expressing his frustration with the status of juvenile justice in the state of Louisiana.
He says between juvenile justice reform and Covid, the 16-year-old arrested in connection with this drive-by shooting, has many other arrests on his record. He points to this young male s juvenile life sentence in 2019 for his part in two burglaries were guns and ammunition was taken. He says the teen should have been in the juvenile justice system until the age of twenty-one, but because of the reforms, and Covid, he was released early.
Ville Platte Man Killed In Domestic Dispute
One man is dead, and another man has been arrested on a charge of Second Degree Murder.
Eunice Police Chief Randy Fontenot says, via press release, that there was a domestic dispute that happened very early this morning, and then there was a shooting.
Police say they drove up to find 31-year-old Tommy Lee Williams Of Ville Platte lying in the yard of the home in the 400 block of Corn Street.
Fontenot says 20-year-old Clifford Isaiah Campbell of Eunice has now been charged with Second Degree Murder in connection with this case. Chief Fontenot says this likely will not be the only arrest in this case.