On the night of September 19, 2020, 18-year-old Damian James George of Lafayette was fatally shot outside a convenience store on North University Avenue at about 10:30 p.m. According to reports, George had just stopped inside the store; as he exited, a 17-year-old named Kendell Ledet allegedly waited and then opened fire with a .40 caliber pistol, striking George six times. Damian George died at the scene.

Four days later, on September 23, 2020, the U.S. Marshall’s Violent Offender Task Force arrested Kendell Ledet in East Baton Rouge Parish. Two other people were connected to the case: Donnique Leopaul, who later entered a plea to obstruction of justice, and Joshua Chevalier, whose charge of principal to murder was dismissed in July 2021.

Are there readers who remember that night or who have information about the people involved or the events outside the store?