Ray Anthony Kelly Jr., 47, was shot and killed on the evening of Tuesday, May 13, 2025, on Louisiana Avenue in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Described as gentle, reserved, a father and grandfather and a man who said he was a ’lover not a fighter,’ Kelly’s death shocked a small community that remembered him as a true character and jokester.

The Lake Charles Police Department investigated and arrested an 18-year-old, Jeremiah Lee Isadore, on May 15, 2025. Isadore was charged with second-degree murder and booked into the Calcasieu Correctional Center on a $1 million bond. Authorities say the probe into the motive and full circumstances of the shooting is ongoing.

If anyone witnessed the incident on Louisiana Avenue that night or has information about what led up to it, please share what is known with the Lake Charles Police Department.