Lavar Manuel, 43, was found fatally shot inside his Lafayette, Louisiana home after police responded to a welfare check on Saturday, May 28, 2022. Officers located him in the 200 block of Guidry Street; investigators say a domestic altercation in the early morning hours led to the shooting.

Authorities allege Manuel’s live-in girlfriend, 22-year-old Destiny McAfee of Longview, Texas, produced a handgun and shot him, then fled the scene. McAfee later surrendered in Longview and was extradited to Lafayette. She faced charges including one count of second-degree murder and one count of unauthorized use of an automobile; a Lafayette Parish grand jury returned an indictment for second-degree murder in August 2022.

The family described the loss as especially painful coming so soon after the death of their grandmother. Anyone with information about the incident or Manuel’s final hours is asked to come forward.