Name of victim in Crowley shooting released

Published 7:48 am Wednesday, July 24, 2013

CROWLEY (AP) — Acadia Parish officials have released the name of a man who was shot and killed in Crowley during an argument Monday night.

The sheriff’s office tells The Advocate 32-year-old Edgar Eugene Belveal was involved in a conversation with another man that grew to a disturbance then a shooting that left Belveal dead.

Detectives booked 50-year-old Henry Lawrence Leger into the Acadia Parish Jail on Monday night on one count of second-degree murder. Bond has been set at $250,000.

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It was unclear whether Leger has an attorney.