A second man has been arrested in connection with the weekend shooting that injured a local child.

Lafayette Police say Ja Andrea Kentrell Willis was arrested in Beaumont, and is awaiting extradition back to Lafayette on a charge of attempted second-degree murder. The incident remains under investigation, police say.

Yesterday, a man was arrested and booked with attempted second-degree murder in connection with a shooting that occurred in Lafayette over the weekend.

Daylon Andrus was arrested and booked into the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center on one count of attempted second-degree murder related to a shooting incident that occurred on August 24.

The Lafayette Police Department announced the arrest in an update released Wednesday evening.

The incident remains under investigation

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