A late-afternoon confrontation at a park in LaGrange turned deadly on March 10, 2022. Sixteen-year-old Nydarrian Deondre Laye was involved in a dispute with 18-year-old Lasabyan Harden at the intersection of Lindsey and Polk streets that authorities believe began during a drug-related exchange and escalated into a shootout. Harden allegedly shot Laye in the chest; Laye returned fire and struck Harden in the leg.

A bystander was performing CPR when police arrived. Laye was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead. Harden went to the hospital for treatment of his leg wound and was later arrested and charged with felony murder in connection with Laye’s death.

What details about the confrontation or the people involved could help clarify how the shooting began?