UPDATE, 9/24/24, 10 a.m.: Kaplan Police Chief Joshua Hardy has identified the victim in the shooting as Leshawn Paul Meaux, 34. The suspect in the shooting is Kendrick Rashad Solomon. Solomon is charged with first-degree murder and aggravated criminal property damage.

Hardy clarified that he was earlier told there were two persons in custody when there was only one. More arrests could be made, he said.

ORIGINAL STORY: VERMILION PARISH, La. ( KLFY ) — Two suspects are in custody after a deadly shooting occurred Monday afternoon, according to the Kaplan Police Department.

Police Chief Joshua Hardy said the shooting happened around 3 p.m. at the Dollar General Market off Highway 14.

Hardy said the police department received multiple calls of a shooting that occurred in the Dollar General’s parking lot.

When responding officers arrived at the scene, a patron of the store was found performing CPR on the victim, Hardy said. Hardy said the victim is a Black male.

The suspects were apprehended with the assistance of the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office, Hardy said. The two suspects were booked into the Kaplan City Jail.

“Once we speak to the two suspects, we’ll go from there. But as I said, there’s a high possibility there will be a murder (charge),” Hardy said.

The identity of the victim and the suspects have not yet been released.

A motive for the shooting has not yet been determined, authorities said.

This report will be updated as information becomes available.

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