Phillip Francis Jr., 44, was shot and killed on Friday afternoon, August 22, 2025, at the Woodspring Suites on Hugh Wallis Road in Lafayette, Louisiana. Described by family and neighbors as Peacus or Mr. Lafayette, he was a familiar local known for his humor. Investigators say a dispute with another man escalated into a fatal altercation; police were called about 2:20 p.m. and found Francis dead at the scene from a gunshot wound.

Lafayette police identified and arrested 39-year-old Kyle Jagneaux, a Lafayette resident who was a former Lafayette Police Department officer, charging him with one count of manslaughter. Jagneaux was booked into the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center with bond set at $50,000. Francis’s family has said he had no life insurance and established a GoFundMe to help cover burial costs.

What details about the incident or the people involved might local witnesses be able to add?