LAPLACE, La. (WGNO) — Officers with the St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office are investigating a shooting that left a man dead in LaPlace on Thursday, Jan. 18.
The St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office reported deputies responded to a report of gunshots heard near Captain G. Bourgois Street around 8:30 p.m.
At the scene, deputies found a man, identified by the SJSO as 36-year-old Kenneth Ray Paynes, suffering with multiple gunshot wounds inside a car.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Anyone with information about the fatal shooting can call the St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office TIPS line at (985)-359-TIPS, SJSO dispatch at (985)-652-6338 or Detective Keniel Henry at (504)-494-3592.
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