Pilette arrested for fatal shooting near Maurice

According to Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office’s Public Information Officer Eddie Langlinais, in the early morning hours of Sunday, the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office received a call of a possible shooting incident located on Victoria Drive near Maurice.
Upon arrival, patrol deputies found a victim with wounds consistent of a gunshot. The victim was transported to a nearby hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
Through further investigation, Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s detectives identified and arrested Paul Joseph Pilette, 36, from Victoria Drive near Maurice. Pilette was taken into custody without incident and booked into the Vermilion Parish Correctional Center on one count of Second-Degree Murder.
As of Monday, the Sheriff’s Office has not named the person shot and killed.
This investigation is still ongoing.