Eight teenagers were injured when shots were fired early Monday morning during an unsupervised graduation party involving about 200 people at a business in Lake Charles on Highway 90. Chief Deputy Stitch Guillory with the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s office says chaos ensued when bullets started firing.
“We had six people that received gunshot wounds and we also had two other injuries that resulted from the crowd trying to get out of the building and they were just tramped on,” says Guillory.
Guillory says they one of the gunmen, 17-year-old Devin Levier, suffered a gunshot wound to the stomach.
“Once our deputies went to the hospital to investigate who all was shot and who all was hurt. We received information that Mr. Levier was the one instituted the firing of the weapon,” says Guillory.
When Levier is released from the hospital, he will be charged booked into jail on numerous charges. Guillory says they continue to search for two more suspects.
He says it is shocking that so many teens were out celebrating at that hour and he’s surprised that more were not injured.
“And really at that time of night, you know, they shouldn’t have been out of the house, what were they doing at a graduation party for somebody that graduated high school, it’s just amazing to me,” says Guillory.
23-year-old Mary Brignac was also arrested, she is charged with possession of a stolen firearm.
Story by Brooke Thorington.
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