Update of a previous story posted at 10:45 a.m. Friday June 17

By ROBIN SHANNON

L’Observateur

LAPLACE – Authorities in St. John the Baptist Parish are investigating the parish’s fourth homicide of the year after a 42-year-old Reserve man was found shot on East 14th Street this morning.

Capt. Dane Clement, spokesman for the St. John Parish Sheriff’s Office, said deputies were called to the 100 block of East 14th Street around 5:22 a.m., where they found the victim had sustained gunshots. The victim, Frank Dwayne Lewis, 42, was transported to River Parishes Hospital in LaPlace where succumbed to his injuries just after 6 a.m.

Clement said no one else was injured in the incident. There are currently no suspects or motive in the killing.

Anyone with information on the incident should contact St. John Parish detectives at 985-652-6338, or Crimestoppers at 504-822-1111.

L’Observateur will continue to update this story as more information is released from the Sheriff’s Office.