LAFAYETTE, La. — A Lafayette Parish man is dead and another is in custody following a shooting Monday night.
Deputies were dispatched to a residential area in south Lafayette Parish around 10:30 p.m. in reference to the shooting. They found 43-year-old Christopher Conners fatally shot inside a residence in the 100 block of Loranger Drive.
Investigators identified the suspect as 35-year-old Blake Girouard. Deputies located Girouard at a nearby residence and arrested him on one count of second-degree murder.
Girouard was booked into the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center.
The case remains under investigation, and no further details are available.
