New Iberia Police searching for man wanted in connection to Friday night shooting
Published 4:55 pm Tuesday, January 18, 2022
- Leroy Lenwood Jr.
The New Iberia Police Department has obtained an arrest warrant for Leroy Lenwood Jr. on several charges relating to a shooting on Friday on the 700 block of Mississippi Street.
Officers in the uniformed patrol division responded to a call about a shooting that injured two women, one of whom was later released from a nearby hospital with non-life threatening injuries and the other of whom was taken to a nearby hospital with life-threatening injuries. The second shooting victim is in stable but critical condition, according to a report from the NIPD.
Lenwood is wanted on two counts of attempted first degree murder, two counts of aggravated assault with a firearm, three counts of aggravated criminal damage to property and one count of illegal use of weapons or dangerous instrumentalities.
Anyone knowing Lenwood’s whereabouts is asked to contact the New Iberia Police Department at 337-369-2306.