Eunice, LA- Wednesday, May 4 at 10:08 PM Eunice Police responded to a call of a someone being shot in the 200 block of Acadia Street. On arrival officers found a victim sitting inside a vehicle with gunshot wounds. An investigation, which is still ongoing, revealed that the victim, age 14, was confronted in the street and shot by the suspect. Family members placed the victim in the vehicle and transported him to the hospital. Xavier Berrnard Watson, a 31-year-old black male has been identified as a suspect. Watson is currently being sought by the Eunice Police Department in connection with the shooting. Watson is also listed as wanted in California.
The victim is doing good expected to be released from the hospital Thursday afternoon.
Chief Randy Fontenot asks that anyone who knows the whereabouts of Watson or, has any information about this shooting, please contact the Eunice Police Department at (337) 457-2626 or Crimestoppers at 337-948-TIPS (8477) or report using the P3 app.
