A Lafayette Parish grand jury has indicted several people in connection with the recent killings.

A grand jury declined to indict a person who had been charged in the June 2024 shooting death of Corey James Lapoint. A grand jury dismissed charges of second-degree murder and aggravated assault against Vaterial Dewonski Cooper, 42 years, from Lafayette.

They issued an amended indictment of Leo Albert Hall II, 33, of Broussard, on one count of second-degree murder in connection with Kill July 2024 of Corsty John Cormier. Cormier died after being shot on Country Run Drive in Broussard, police said at the time.

Also charged this week was a 17-year-old accused in Murder from June 2024 to Kendrick Freddie Green. In that case, police said the two were arguing when the teenager pulled a gun and shot Green.

And, the grand jury issued an amended and superseding indictment against Deamontrell Tyrell Burris, 22, in the May 2023 kidnapping and armed robbery of a Lafayette man. Burris is accused of kidnapping a man and using a gun to rob him.