LAPLACE — One plea bargain has been reached and a trial set following the 2015 Memorial Day shooting of an 18-year-old man in LaPlace.

Lawrence Dennis pleaded guilty last week to aggravated battery, according to the St. John the Baptist Parish Clerk of Court’s Office. He was ordered to serve five years with the Department of Corrections and was given credit for time served since May 25, 2015.

According to the Clerk’s office, the prosecution abandoned six counts of attempted second degree murder and two counts of aggravated criminal damage to property as a condition of the plea bargain reached Dec. 12.

Dennis was one of two men arrested in May 2015 following a Memorial Day shooting.

The case began May 25, 2015, when St. John Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to Sunnyside Drive and Creole Street in LaPlace’s Belle Pointe Subdivision following gunshots.

Sheriff Mike Tregre said deputies located six males between 17-19 who said they were shot at, indicating one teenager was hit in the leg.

The 18-year-old victim was taken to an area hospital for treatment and eventually released.

The teenage victims told deputies they were shot at in front of a residence in the 1700 block of Creole Street, and deputies reported a car and a house were also hit with gunshots.

Area residents said those responsible for the shooting were traveling in a gray Buick, and deputies located a vehicle matching the descriptions the same day occupied by two subjects in a parking lot at River Road and East 13th Street in Reserve.

Jeremiah Smith of LaPlace and Dennis of Reserve were arrested.

Dennis was booked with six counts of attempted second degree murder and two counts of aggravated criminal damage to property. Detectives booked Smith with principal to attempted second-degree murder.

According to information provided by the Clerk of Court’s Office, Smith’s trial for six counts of principal to attempted second degree murder is set for Feb. 21, 2017.

District Attorney Bridget A. Dinvaut was unavailable for comment Thursday and Friday.