Raylon Mason, 22, was fatally shot in Lafayette, Louisiana, on Saturday, April 29, 2023. The shooting occurred in the 900 block of E. Simcoe Street after a large fight broke out and numerous gunshots were fired. Mason was found with multiple gunshot wounds, taken to a local hospital, and died of his injuries.

The Lafayette Police Department opened a homicide investigation and appealed to the public for help identifying those responsible. No arrests have been publicly announced and the investigation was active. Mason was a 2018 graduate of Louisiana Christian School; his death was one of two separate fatal shootings in Lafayette that weekend, a coincidence that heightened community concern.

If anyone saw the fight on E. Simcoe Street or has information about the shooting, please share what is known with Lafayette police.