NEW IBERIA, La. ( KLFY )- The family of 14-year-old Rylon Daniels spoke with KLFY after Daniels was killed in a shooting at the New Iberia Spanish Festival.
“Rylon was a social butterfly and he had a lot of friends,” said Rashida Thibodeaux, Rylon’s mother. “I don’t even know where this all came from, but he was loved, and he knew it.”
Detectives with the New Iberia Police Department said the Spanish Festival was shut down Saturday night due to the shooting. This comes after police said they were called to the 100 block of West Main Street near the Spanish Festival, in reference to shots being fired. When they arrived, they found Daniels with gunshot wounds.
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Daniels was rushed to a local hospital, but unfortunately, succumbed to his injuries. Daniels’ mother says she found out about the shooting after her son, Rylon, pocket dialed her while the paramedics were working on him. She says she is still trying to process the whole situation.
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