Kvon O’Neil was 20 when he was found with multiple gunshot wounds on July 5, 2023, in the 500 block of W. Gilman Street in Lafayette. Emergency responders arrived around 1:35 p.m., provided life-saving measures and took him to a local hospital, where he later died.

Police tied the fatal shooting to a separate shooting earlier that day at Big Boys Tobacco Plus on N. University Avenue, where another person was wounded and hospitalized in stable condition. Investigators arrested a juvenile suspect; because of the suspect’s age, their identity has not been released. The juvenile faces multiple charges, including eight counts of attempted first-degree murder and one count of accessory after the fact to second-degree murder, covering the events of that day.

O’Neil, born October 11, 2002, was a Carencro High School honors graduate and a member of the Army National Guard. Family and friends recall his love of laughing, basketball, and seafood. Does anyone who knew Kvon or who was in those areas on July 5 have information to share?