Stanford David Mouton, 70, was killed in his Lafayette home on Macklyn Street on May 21, 2024, after a stray bullet struck him while he was asleep at about 4:30 a.m. The shooting happened nearby; investigators say Mouton was an innocent victim caught in the crossfire when a round entered his residence and fatally wounded him.

The Lafayette Police Department opened a homicide investigation and arrested 27-year-old Leonce Boutte IV the next day. Boutte was booked into the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center and charged with second-degree murder in Mouton’s death, plus three counts of attempted first-degree murder for his alleged involvement in the related shooting incident.

What information do readers in Lafayette have about the events in that neighborhood that morning?