On the evening of October 4, 2022, 19-year-old Markalon Batiste of Breaux Bridge was shot and killed on the 1000 block of Madeline Boulevard in Cecilia, Louisiana, shortly after 8:00 p.m. Deputies from the St. Martin Parish Sheriff’s Office found Batiste at the scene and he was later pronounced dead; the cause of death was gunfire.

Investigators quickly identified a 15-year-old male juvenile as a suspect. That teen was arrested and charged with one count of second-degree murder, according to the Sheriff’s Office. The arrest was described as a major development in a case that had shocked the local community.

Does anyone in Cecilia or Breaux Bridge have information about what happened that night or knew Markalon?