D’Ante Smoke Savoy was 22 and from Lafayette when he was found unresponsive in the 500 block of N. Pierce Street in the early hours of July 9, 2022. Officers arrived about 1:42 a.m. and discovered Savoy suffering multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to a local hospital but died of his injuries; the incident was classified as a homicide.

Investigators initially made no public naming of suspects as they worked the case. On July 21, 2022, authorities announced an arrest in Houston, Texas: 20-year-old Devin Celestine of Lafayette was taken into custody and booked in Harris County, with warrants in Louisiana charging him with second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder, indicating another person was also believed to have been targeted that morning. Celestine was awaiting extradition back to Louisiana.

Did anyone in Lafayette have information about Savoy’s movements or who might have been with him that morning?