In the late hours of a September evening in Lafayette, Louisiana, the life of Emmanuel Oneal Barnes, a 36-year-old Black male, was tragically cut short. On September 16, 2022, Lafayette Police were called to the scene of a shooting in the 100 block of Fitzgerald Street, where they found Barnes suffering from a gunshot wound. He was immediately transported to a local hospital, but his injuries proved to be fatal.
The investigation into the death of Emmanuel Barnes quickly pointed to a youn
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