Isaiah Johnson, 20, was killed by a gunshot in Opelousas, Louisiana, on the morning of May 25, 2024. Around 6 a.m. hospital staff at Opelousas General Hospital South Campus notified police that a man later identified as Johnson had been brought in by a private vehicle with a gunshot wound. Officers also responded to a home in the 100 block of Willard Lane, where investigators say Johnson had been in a room with 19-year-old Kylan Malone when a firearm Malone was holding unintentionally discharged.

The single gunshot struck Johnson and proved fatal. Kylan Malone was arrested and charged with negligent homicide and obstruction of justice.

Anyone with information about that morning on Willard Lane or the events leading to the shooting is asked to come forward.