Lamarcus Kentrel Daniels, 35, was shot and killed outside his mother’s home on Lafayette Street in New Iberia, Louisiana, on the night of Monday, October 28, 2024. Known to many as Marcus, he was a father to daughter Lamiyah Daniels and stepfather to Oakley Lowe, and worked at Estes Refractory & Insulation. Family remembered him as a jolly man who loved spending time with the children in his life.

Tina briefly went inside; moments later she heard a single shot, a pause, then a rapid succession of gunfire and found her son in the front yard. The Iberia Parish Coroner confirmed he died of gunshot wounds. New Iberia Police responded to the 600 block of Lafayette Street; no suspects or arrests have been publicly identified and the investigation is ongoing.

If anyone saw activity around Lafayette Street that night or has information about who fired those shots, please come forward.