Gerardette Burke was identified by Lafayette Police as the woman fatally wounded in an early-morning shooting on Monday, September 29, 2025, on the 1300 block of NE Evangeline Thruway in Lafayette, Louisiana. She was a 53-year-old Black/African American woman from Lafayette. Officers responding around 6:36 a.m. found two victims—Burke and a man—both suffering from gunshot wounds; Burke was taken to a local hospital where she died shortly after arrival, while the male victim was listed in sta
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