In the early morning hours of a Monday in Abbeville, Louisiana, a grim discovery was made in a rural area south of the city. A young man, later identified as 18-year-old Jaylan JaBez Ben, had been shot and left for dead, thrown from a moving vehicle near Queens Ranch Road. When Vermilion Parish sheriff's deputies responded to a call about a body found, they arrived to find that the male victim was still alive, though severely wounded with multiple gunshot wounds.
Emergency medical
services were called to the scene, and Jaylan Ben was quickly transported to a local hospital for treatment. Despite the efforts of medical personnel, his injuries proved to be too severe, and he succumbed to them, dying at the hospital. The investigation into his death was immediately launched by the Vermilion Parish Sheriff's Office, who treated the case as a homicide.
The investigation progressed quickly, and within hours, authorities had located the vehicle they believed was used in the commission of the crime at the intersection of Ninth Street and South State Street. By that same evening, an arrest was made in connection with the fatal shooting. A juvenile, whose name was not publicly released due to their age, was taken into custody and charged with second-degree murder. Investigators determined that the minor had shot Jaylan Ben before pushing his body from the car. The case remains under investigation by the Vermilion Parish Sheriff's Office.
