Malani Sri, a Lafayette resident, appreciated her grandmother, who invited the whole family to return home to Mammo on New Year’s Eve. Connecting with relatives she has not talked to for years, and seeing all her six siblings in one place, as they recall the memories of childhood, she makes sure it is a day that she will appreciate.
She could not know that the New Year’s gathering would be the last time she saw, talk or embrace her younger brother.
“I felt as if God brought us all together for the last time that day,” said Sigure. Her brother, 20-year-old Tyler Lemblu, died early in the morning in Lake Charles.
On Thursday, Lake Charles’ SWAT team arrested 22-year-old Rivers Davis Valier near the entrance to the front round of the Lake Charles event center in connection with the death of Lenh.
Lebleu, also from Mamou, had just moved to Pecan Acres Apartments at Lake Charles. According to the Lake Charles police department, they responded to the housing complex in connection with the shooting and found a leblast in his apartment with a firearm.
LCPD said the shooting could be the result that several people in the complex were playing outside in the snow when a snowball may hit the Vallier vehicle while it was driving.
Then Vali set off after a verbal confrontation with snowflakes. Not long after, he returned to the area, got out of his car and fired several times on them, police said.
One of the cartridges has passed through the window and has hit Loblyo, staff said.
Sure says the incident changed her family forever. Waking up a few missed calls around 1am on Tuesday, she read a message from her sister, which she read: Tyler was shot, called Mom.
“The roads were still blocked, so I couldn’t reach Lake Charles of Lafayette. The first thing I thought to do was call Tyler’s friend, whom he had previously lived with in Lake Charles to go there, “Safe said.
She told the police told her on the phone that “the bullet had entered the window, but they did not believe the goal was my brother.” At that time, the employees said he was still conscious.
After Lebleu was urgently taken to the Ochsner Lafayette General traumatology center around 4am, Sigue says, her mother called her and said, “My baby is gone. My baby died. “
Just an hour’s time from their original hometown in Mamm, says sure, their family had no relationship with Lake Charles. She remembered that Leble told her that she wanted to move there last year, hoping to have more opportunities.
“We are from Mamm, who is a small town, so we all tried to move to improve our chances of success. I moved to Lafayette and my older brother is here too. Tyler just wanted more and thought Lake Charles would give him that.
“He wanted a better and not a bad child. He was ambitious and I was hurt because he was killed by a pointless act of violence, “Safe said.
Remembering him as a man who had dreams and hopes for his future was hardworking and dedicated to bringing light into life, the family says he was “lost a beautiful soul.”
Vallier has been charged with a second -degree murder, an attack by driving by shooting and an aggravating firearm attack. His guarantee is just over $ 1 million.
Gofundme was created by Melanie sure of raising funds for the funeral of Leblyu. As of Friday, $ 1,630 has been collected from $ 5,000 target.