UPDATE: A 15-year-old boy has been booked with murder in connection with the shooting death of a 19-year-old in Cecilia Tuesday night.
Sheriff Becket Breaux said the shooting happened about 8:15 p.m. Tuesday in the 1000 block of East Madeline Boulevard in Cecilia.
Deputies found Markalon Batiste, 19, of Breaux Bridge when they arrived. He was dead.
Deputies searched a wooded area and streets around the location of the slaying, and found the 15-year-old suspect in the 1100 block of Melvin Dupuis Road.
He was booked with one count of second-degree murder.
The investigation remains ongoing and there is no further information available at this time.
