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The Abbeville Police Department arrested and charged 19-year-old Tavian Young of Abbeville with attempted first-degree murder and illegal use of a firearm.
His total bail was set at $500,000.
According to Abbeville Police Chief Mike Hardy, the charges stem from the ZaZa’s Hookah Lounge shooting on 1600 block of Veterans Memorial Drive on Feb. 24.
Four people were injured in the shooting that night.
At least a couple hundred people were gathered outside for an after party at the lounge and the adjacent parking lot, he said.

Training is one of the most critical chapters in the story of a firefighter’s career.
In the near future, firefighters across the 15 departments in Vermilion Parish will have access to a local three-story facility to further that training.
A fire training building is currently being constructed for the Vermilion Parish Police Jury. Located on West Port Street in Abbeville, the building with allow firefighters throughout Vermilion Parish to train for structure fires in a controlled environment.

KAPLAN — Kaplan is the Mardi Gras capital of Vermilion Parish, so it’s fitting that a new mural being created there depicts the celebration.
And that local students taking part in Louisiana Heritage Connections (Lâche pas) class are helping to create the mural, it’s fitting that it depicts a local, traditional version of the celebration.
Rene Rost Middle School students, taking part in the Lâche pas class, have joined with members of the Rotary Club of Abbeville and its satellite, After-Hours Club, to place a mural on the side of Piazza Office Supply in Kaplan.