On the morning of August 31, 2024, Johnny Trailer Jr., a 48-year-old African American barber, was shot and killed while working at a barbershop in the 1000 block of Louisiana Avenue in Lafayette, Louisiana. The shooting happened shortly after 9:15 a.m. Police found two men with gunshot wounds inside the shop; Trailer was pronounced dead at the scene and the other victim was taken to a hospital in critical condition.

Trailer was a well-regarded community figure who mentored young people. He co-founded the Lafayette Celtics youth program, coached youth basketball, and served as an assistant coach for the girls basketball team at David Thibodeaux STEM Magnet Academy. Authorities arrested three suspects in the case: 18-year-old Shylon Mouton of Carencro, 23-year-old Abram Landry of Lafayette, and 18-year-old Jeffery Broussard of Lafayette; a grand jury later returned indictments charging Mouton and Landry with two counts of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, and charging Broussard with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder. No motive has been disclosed.