August Tujuan Latrall, 34, was killed in a rural shootout on St. Julien Road near Highway 75 south of Chataignier on the evening of February 15, 2022. The shooting involved three vehicles and occurred around 8:30 p.m.; Latrall was taken to Eunice Memorial Hospital but died of his wounds.

Investigators say at least eight people were at the scene, but conflicting witness accounts have made it difficult to reconstruct what happened. The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office confirmed the death was a homicide and opened an active investigation; as of the latest reports no arrests or suspects have been publicly named.

Anyone with information about the events on St. Julien Road that night is asked to come forward.