One man is dead and another in jail after a fight, Lafayette Police say.
Charles Thomas, 60, of Lafayette, was found lying in the road on Frontage Road next to Northwest Evangeline Thruway Saturday morning. A passerby found him and tried to help by doing CPR, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police booked Robert Wayne Thomas, 50, also of Lafayette, with second-degree murder.
They have the same last name, but police say the men aren't related.
Police say the preliminary investigation revealed that the victim and the suspect were engaged in a fight. The victim was struck and fell on the roadway and hit his head, police allege.
