Two men shot in Lafayette during Mardi Gras altercation

Downtown Lafayette shooting on Mardi Gras sends 2 to hospital

LAFAYETTE, La. (NEWS 15) — A fight led to a shooting in downtown Lafayette on Mardi Gras that sent two people to the hospital, according to the Lafayette Police Department. It happened on East Clinton Street near 16th Street around…

Two men shot in Lafayette during Mardi Gras altercation

LAFAYETTE, LA. (KLFY) -- Two men were shot in Lafayette on Mardi Gras afternoon, police said. The incident occurred in the area of the 200 block of East Clinton Street around 4 p.m. According to police, the two men were involved in an altercation, then a bystander got involved to break up the fight. One [...]

Two shot on Mardi Gras Day

Two people were shot in Lafayette Tuesday afternoon, police say.The incident happened around 4 p.m. in the 200 block of East Clinton Street.Two men were fighting, and a bystander tried to break it up, when one of the men pulled a concealed gun from his sweatshirt and shot the person who tried to intervene. Then the two original combatants began struggling over the gun, which went off again and hit the man who pulled the gun, police allege.Both p…