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After more than 25 years, police have made an arrest in a murder case that had gone cold.

According to the St. Martinville Police Department, they have arrested 22-year-old Zackyric Gardner and charged him with Second Degree Murder.

New findings show Louisiana's worrying trend in homicides, ranking second in the nation.

Officials with the Lafayette Police Department say they have made an arrest in a shooting death.

A Baton Rouge man who was last seen a week and a half ago was found dead and decomposing in his home on Saturday evening.

Lafayette Police officials are investigating a shooting that happened Sunday morning.

Investigators need information about a homicide that happened in March 2023.

A series of events following a fatal shooting at Plantation Inn on November 24th culminated in a tragic conclusion this morning in Lafayette.

Lafayette police are investigating a second homicide in this location within a week, intensifying concerns in the community.

A tragic end to the search for a missing woman.

New Iberia Mayor Freddie DeCourt talks about the number of unsolved homicides.

One person is dead and another is injured following an early afternoon shooting on Wednesday, July 5, 2023, in Lafayette.

The Lafayette Police Department responded at 8:42 pm on Monday, June 26 to a report of a stabbing in progress.

The victims have been identified as Denzel Smith, 21, of Lafayette, and Codie Laday, 22, of Lafayette.

LAFAYETTE, La. (KPEL News) - On Friday, Lafayette Police answered a phone call from the Harrison County Sheriff's Office in Mississippi that may lead to justice for a murdered man. According to a press release from Lafayette PD, the sheriff's office had a 40-year-old man in their custody for unrelated crimes - identified as Justin Lee Webber...

It's been almost four years since the murder of Timothy Breaux, and law enforcement needs help solving the case.

One person died following a shooting late Monday afternoon in the 200 block of Sophie Street in Lafayette.

Officers with the Department's Uniformed Patrol Division responded to a crash around 9:30 pm on Tuesday at the intersection of Iberia Street and Ambassador W. Lemelle Drive.

Around 12:57 am on Wednesday, February 22, Lafayette Police responded to a shooting in progress in the 200 block of Verdun Street.

St. Martin Parish Sheriff Becket Breaux announced this afternoon that his office has arrested and booked a 16-year-old male juvenile suspect in connection with a homicide in Breaux Bridge yesterday afternoon.