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The Lafayette Sheriff's Office is releasing more information about a shooting in Lafayette this morning.It happened around 1:00 this morning in the 100 block of Calypso Lane. Deputies say the 13 year old victim had traveled with an adult relative from Baton Rouge to Lafayette. The two were meeting a juvenile female the teen boy had met on Facebook. The three were visiting in a car in the 300 block of Calypso Lane, just down the road from the friend's home, when a car pulled up behind them and gunshots began. Investigators say the 13 year old boy was shot once in the torso. The other two people in the car were not injured. Deputies have not been able to establish a motive for the shooting and asking that anyone with information to contact Lafayette Crime Stoppers at 337 232-8477.The victim was transported to a local hospital where he remains with non-life threatening injuries.
The race of the vitims and or the perpetrators is conveniently absent.