One-year-old Kehlani Williams has been found and is safe, the Sheriff's Office said. The infant was missing from Bayou Vista home after a Saturday night shooting.
St. Mary deputies seek Lafayette man in Bayou Vista shooting; toddler taken from home
From the St. Mary Parish Sheriff's Office Facebook page:
Sheriff Blaise Smith is asking for the public’s help in an investigation into a shooting incident that happened Saturday night on Saturn Road in Bayou Vista.
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At 12:29 p.m, deputies responded to a residence on Saturn Road in Bayou Vista after a 911 call about a wounded subject. Deputies discovered a local woman who was wounded by a gunshot.
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Detectives were brought in and through the investigation, Derrick Lee John Williams Jr., 20, of Lafayette, was identified as the suspect.
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Detectives learned that Williams took a 1-year-old toddler from the residence and fled the scene. A level II Endangered Missing Child Advisory was issued on behalf of the SMPSO by the Louisiana State Police.
In a press release, the Sheriff's Office said the child was later found and is safe.