LAPLACE - St. John the Baptist Sheriff's investigators are searching for answers after a 23-year-old LaPlace man was found dead in front of a LaPlace home early Monday morning.
Maj. Mike Tregre, a spokesman for the Sheriff's Office, said around 4 a.m. Monday, deputies responded to a call of shots being fired in the 300 block of West 2nd Street. Upon arrival, officers found 23-year old Tyrell Sinclair with multiple gunshot wounds to his body. Officials from the Coroner's Office pronounced Sinclair dead on the scene.
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The homicide is the first since July 27,2007, and the eighth overall for St. John Parish.
Tregre said anyone with information is asked to contact the Sheriff's Office at 985-652-9514. Det. Corporal Christie Murden is the case officer.
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