Public Information Officer
Deputy Chief Eddie Thibodeaux
Phone 337-948-6516
Fax 337-407-9458
Press Release: April 13, 2022
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ARRESTED:
Leonard James Miller, age 35
1661 Tyrone Road
Eunice, LA., 70535
CHARGES:
Second Degree Murder
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ARREST MADE IN EUNICE SHOOTING
On April 11, 2022, the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office responded to a shooting at the 100 block of Bradley Street in the Eunice area. Witnesses at the scene stated that a black male wearing an orange shirt was carrying a gun and entered a white, sports utility vehicle. Witnesses also reported a person, identified as Clarence Mitchell, was in a white vehicle near a residence and was slumped over inside. Clarence Mitchell of Eunice was transported to a local hospital for treatment of a gunshot wound and later died from his injuries.
Through the course of the investigation, Leonard James Miller of Eunice was identified as the shooter and an arrest warrant was then issued for second degree murder. With the assistance of the Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office, Leonard Miller was apprehended this morning on Woodrow Street in Lafayette. He will be extradited to the St. Landry Parish Jail later today.
This investigation is still ongoing at this time.
On behalf of Sheriff Bobby J. Guidroz, this is Deputy Chief Eddie Thibodeaux. All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
