LeShawn Paul Meaux, 34, of Abbeville, Louisiana, was shot and killed in the parking lot of a Dollar General Market in Kaplan on the afternoon of September 24, 2024. Emergency services were called around 3 p.m. after multiple reports of a shooting; officers found Meaux with gunshot wounds and a person at the scene performed CPR, but he was pronounced dead there. The Kaplan Police Department identified and the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office arrested Kendrick Rashad Soloman; Soloman was booked into the Kaplan City Jail on charges of first-degree murder and aggravated criminal damage to property. A motive had not been determined at the time of the arrest.

Meaux, also known as Meaux Thug, was described by family and friends as a talented musician who loved his children and family. Funeral services were held October 5, 2024, at Faith Hope Christian Fellowship in Abbeville, with interment at Faith Hope Cemetery in Grosse Isle. Is there anyone who knew LeShawn or who saw activity in the Dollar General parking lot that afternoon who can share information?