Second arrest made in connection with Fournet Street homicide

Updated: May. 26, 2017 at 2:52 PM CDT
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LAKE CHARLES, LA (KPLC) - A man who authorities say attempted to carjack a driver following a fatal shooting on Fournet Street has been arrested.

Lake Charles police officers found 27-year-old Robert Bracy shot to death when they arrived at the 1500 block of Fournet Street Wednesday. Devlon Willis-Muhammad, 20, was arrested that day and charged with second-degree murder.

Today, his cousin, Kevion Hakeem Marcel Willis, 20, of Lake Charles, was also arrested.

Deputy Chief Mark Kraus said in a news release Friday that after Willis-Muhammad shot Bracy, he and Willis fled on foot. Willis approached a vehicle and attempted to take it by force.

Willis is charged with attempted carjacking. Judge Michael Canaday set bond at $150,000.

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