Louisiana Man Sentenced to 38 Years for 2019 Shooting in Lake Charles
Published May 05, 2022
Louisiana Man Sentenced to 38 Years for 2019 Shooting in Lake Charles
Lake Charles, LA – The Calcasieu Parish District Attorney’s Office reported May 5, 2022, that on May 4, Judge Derrick Kee sentenced Brandon J. Jefferson, 27, of Lafayette, Louisiana, to 38 years at hard labor in prison on one count Manslaughter.
In 2019, Jefferson drove from Lafayette to Lake Charles and senselessly and violently shot and killed the victim at an apartment complex.
Assistant District Attorney Bobby Holmes prosecuted the case for the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney’s Office.
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