18-year-old fatally shot in Eunice after reports of armed group walking streets

An 18-year-old was shot and killed Sunday night in Eunice after police received reports of multiple armed individuals in the area.

Eunice Police said they were notified around 10 p.m. Sunday that six people in hoodies, armed with firearms, were walking on Perrotti Street toward Fuselier Street. Moments later, police said, a second call reported gunfire in the area.

When officers arrived in the 200 block of Fuselier Street, they found the male victim with a gunshot wound to the upper torso. Police said they and emergency personnel attempted lifesaving measures, but the victim was pronounced dead at the scene by the St. Landry Parish Coroner’s Office…

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