A rare January snowfall at the Pecan Acres apartments in Lake Charles turned deadly when a snowball fight escalated into gunfire that killed 20-year-old Tyler LeBleu. LeBleu had moved into the complex only days earlier and was inside a second-story apartment when a bullet fired from outside penetrated his window and struck him, fatally wounding him.

The shooting followed an altercation after a snowball reportedly hit a vehicle owned by Rivers Davis Vallier. Police say Vallier drove away and soon returned with his lights off, stopping and firing multiple shots toward people who had been throwing snowballs. The shooting was the third fatal incident at the complex in five months.

Lake Charles police identified and arrested Rivers Davis Vallier near the Lake Charles Event Center. He faces second-degree murder, assault by drive-by shooting, and aggravated assault with a firearm; bond was set at $1.05 million. Family members expressed gratitude to law enforcement; other details about motive and the sequence of events inside the apartment remain limited.

Did anyone in the community witness the confrontation or the vehicle arriving and leaving that night?