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Xavier Batiste

Case from Lafayette, LA dated Jun 27, 2021

Victim Details

Xavier Batiste

Male

Black / African American

Lafayette

LA

2021-06-27

19

Xavier

Batiste

06/21/2026

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In the late hours of a Sunday evening in Lafayette, Louisiana, the life of 19-year-old Xavier Batiste was tragically cut short. On June 27, 2021, Batiste was fatally shot outside a Waffle House on North University Avenue. Another young man, 19-year-old Brandon Arnold, was also killed in the incident. When police arrived at the scene around 10:48 p.m., they discovered Arnold deceased in the parking lot. Batiste was found inside a vehicle, having sustained multiple gunshot wounds. He was rushed to ...
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  • KLFY: Arrest made in Waffle House double homicide; victims identified
  • KLFY: Two people shot, killed outside Lafayette Waffle House
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