Update: Victim Identified & Arrest Made In Homicide From This Morning
Update on Homicide in Lake Charles This Morning!!!! From KPLC TV:
LAKE CHARLES, LA (KPLC) -
Authorities with the Lake Charles Police Department have identified the victim of an early Tuesday morning shooting and say they have arrested a suspect in the incident.
Detectives were called to the 2900 block of General Pershing Street around 1:00 a.m. Tuesday in reference to a shooting.
No one was found when officers arrived at the scene, but it was determined the shooting victim - 19-year-old Leonard Carnell Lambert - was at a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Detectives have made an arrest in their investigation. Jeremy Paul LaVergne of Lake Charles has been arrested on a charge of first degree murder.
LCPD officials say the investigation continues.