LAFAYETTE, La. — A Lafayette man is under arrest in connection with a shooting Saturday morning that left one child dead and several others injured, including two Lafayette police officers, authorities say.
The suspect, John Nicholas, 30, of Lafayette, was charged with following:
• 1 count, Domestic abuse battery - child endangerment (felony)
• 1 count, Battery of a dating partner - child endangerment (felony)
• 1 count, False imprisonment; offender armed with dangerous weapon (felony)
• 1 count, First degree murder (felony)
• 5 counts, Attempted first degree murder (felony)
• 1 count, Possession of Firearm by a Person Convicted of Certain Felonies (Felony).
The incident occurred at a residence in the 100 block of South General Marshall Street in Lafayette when officers from the Lafayette Police Department responded to a to a 911 call about a fight in progress. One-year-old Kaci Cyprain was killed during the incident, and two Lafayette Police Department officers, along with an elderly woman and a four-year-old, were also injured.
To read KATC's coverage on the incident, click here and here.
