Third arrest in connection with Lafayette double murder Saturday

LAFAYETTE, La. () — A third arrest has been made in connection with the Lafayette shooting Saturday that left two dead and two more in critical condition, authorities said.

Deontre Spencer, 25, of St. Martinville, is charged with two counts of principal to first degree murder and two counts of principal to attempted first degree murder.

Those charges are connected to the killing Corey Mouton, 26 of Carencro and Jamir Carmouche, 24 of Lafayette , at the KOK Wings and Things restaurant on E. University Avenue Saturday night, just hours after the University of Louisiana-Lafayette's homecoming football game.

Spencer's bond is set at $4 million.

Previously, Previously, Dylon Doucet, 26, of St. Martinville , and Trevon Charles, 26, of St. Martinville , were arrested and each charged with two counts of first degree murder and two counts of attempted first degree murder. They are each being held on $4 million bond as well.

The investigation remains ongoing, officials said.

Watch for us in your inbox.

Subscribe Now

KLFY Daily Digest Latest news General Motors laying off about 1,000 employees to cut costs

Conan O'Brien will host 2025 Oscars

Third arrest in connection with Lafayette double murder Saturday

A very chilly Friday morning in Acadiana

For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KLFY.com.

WARNING: This story contains graphic details of an alleged murder in a sexual context.Nikolas Ibey — on trial for first-degree murder in the death of a woman who had just moved to Ottawa from Nunavut to attend college in 2022 — was drinking, taking drugs, and had been frustrated in his efforts to find an escort "for eight hours straight" before he finally took what he wanted from his new housemate and left her dead in her room, the Crown alleged in its opening remarks to a 14-member jury on Wedn

WARNING: This may affect those who have experienced sexual violence or know someone affected by it.A Manitoba priest accused of sexually assaulting a now-nine-year-old girl in Little Grand Rapids First Nation last year has had all charges against him stayed, a day after the girl at the centre of the case testified against him.Arul Savari sat silently behind his lawyers in a Winnipeg courtroom Wednesday afternoon on what was supposed to be the second day of his judge-alone trial as Crown