Zaveon Willis, 20, was shot and killed in the late morning of January 22, 2023, on Railroad Street in Lafayette, Louisiana. Officers found Willis with multiple gunshot wounds just before noon and he was pronounced dead at the scene. The Lafayette Police Department opened a homicide investigation, secured the area, and asked anyone with information to contact the department or Lafayette Crime Stoppers. As of the latest reports, no arrests have been announced and the investigation remains active.

Willis had previously been indicted in July 2021, along with his brother and others, on a charge of principal to first-degree murder in the shooting death of 30-year-old Clifton Jamal Williams; after Willis’s death the prosecution against him in that case was dismissed. If anyone in Lafayette has information about the January 22 shooting, please contact the Lafayette Police Department or Lafayette Crime Stoppers.