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2 Teens from Louisiana and 1 from Texas Arrested for Allegedly Shooting Multiple Vehicles in a Business Parking Lot

Lake Charles, Louisiana – The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office reported on May 23, 2022, that on May 22 at approximately 2:00 a.m., CPSO deputies were working an off-duty security detail at a bar on Common Street in Lake Charles when they heard multiple shots fired from a nearby parking lot. Deputies reportedly went to the parking lot after noticing a car exiting at a high rate of speed. Deputies later discovered a firearm and several shell casings on the ground near where the car was seen leaving. A subsequent investigation revealed that the gunfire struck approximately five vehicles.
Deputies located the car near the intersection of McNeese Street and Kirkman Street in Lake Charles, LA, and conducted a traffic stop.

Deputies made contact with the driver, Marcus D. Watley, 18, of Lake Charles, Louisiana, and two passengers, Javin U. Green, 19, or Port Arthur, Texas, and Ali M. Vital, 19, of Lake Charles, Louisiana. Deputies also reportedly located a firearm in the backseat of the vehicle.

After further investigation Watley, Green, and Vital, were all arrested, charged with 5 counts of aggravated criminal damage to property, and booked into the Calcasieu Correctional Center. Judge Derrick Kee set each of their bonds at $45,000.

More arrests and charges are possible as the investigation continues. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the CPSO at 337-491-3605.

Detective Joshua Couch of the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office is the case’s lead investigator.

An arrest is an indication that probable cause exists to believe the subject was involved in the offense alleged. A person is innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

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