LAFAYETTE, La. (KADN) — The man arrested for the murder of an elderly man, who was an innocent bystander when gunfire erupted outside his Lafayette home, has been indicted by a Lafayette Parish grand jury.
Court documents show Leonce Boutte IV, 27, of Lafayette, is formally charged with second-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder (3 counts).
Lafayette police said Stannford Mouton, 70, was killed in the shooting that happened in the 400 block of Macklyn Street on Tuesday, May 21, around 4:30 a.m.
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LAFAYETTE, La. (KADN) — Lafayette police said an arrest has been made in the shooting that claimed the life of an elderly man. They added shots were fired outside and the victim was hit by a bullet while inside his house.
LAFAYETTE, La. (KADN) — Lafayette police said an elderly man is dead after an early morning shooting. Police identified the victim as Stannford Mouton, 70, of Lafayette.
According to investigators, Boutte opened fire after a separate incident involving three other people on Macklyn Street and one of the bullets hit Mouton while he was inside his house.
Court documents also indicate a Lafayette Parish grand jury returned a no true bill on Tr'Marion Thomas, 17, of Lafayette, who was arrested on charges of attempted first-degree murder (3 counts) and principal to second-degree murder.
The charges against Thomas are now dropped after the grand jury found there was not enough evidence to go to trial.
