A routine custody exchange ended in deadly gunfire on Saturday, May 24, 2025. Brett Daigle, 48, a resident of Cañon City, Colorado, traveled to Lake Charles, Louisiana, for the arranged exchange and was shot multiple times at about 2:30 p.m. at a residence on South Perkins Ferry Road. Deputies from the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office found him deceased; the children he shared with his ex-partner were present.

Witnesses identified 43-year-old Randolyn Allen of Lake Charles as the person who fired the weapon. After interviews and an initial investigation, detectives arrested Allen; she was booked into the Calcasieu Correctional Center and charged with second-degree murder, with bond not yet set at the time of booking. Reports say Daigle had recently filed a motion to modify custody arrangements. If anyone was at the scene or saw either party before the exchange, please share what was observed.