Lyft driver found dead in ditch; suspect killed fleeing in Houston traffic

CALCASIEU PARISH — A Lyft driver was found shot to death in a ditch in Calcasieu Parish, leading to a multi-state investigation that resulted in one suspect’s death and another’s arrest.

Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a call on the 200 block of Trousdale Road in Westlake Friday morning around 11 a.m., where they discovered the body of Lawanna J. Lewis, 62, of Lake Charles. She had suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the head.

The investigation revealed that Lewis was working as a Lyft driver when she was killed, and her car was missing…

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