Lafayette, LA – At around 9:27 am Lafayette Police responded to the 2000 block of NW Evangeline Thruway in reference to a male lying in the roadway on the Frontage Road. Upon officer’s arrival they located a male in the roadway unresponsive. The victim was later identified as 60-year old Charles Thomas of Lafayette.
A passerby started CPR on the Thomas until medical personnel arrived and took over. Thomas was later pronounced deceased on scene. Preliminary investigation revealed that Thomas and the suspect, 50-year old Robert Wayne Thomas were engaged in a fight.
Charles Thomas was struck and fell on the roadway and hit his head.
Robert Wayne was arrested and booked into Lafayette Parish Correctional Center on one count of second degree murder.
The victim and suspect are not related.
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