Ryliee Watson, 6, a Black/African American girl from Lafayette, Louisiana, was shot on the evening of August 24, 2025, when gunfire erupted during a community vigil at Debaillon Park held for another shooting victim, Phillip Francis Jr. Officers were dispatched around 7:25 p.m. to the 500 block of Saucier Parkway, where they found the child with gunshot wounds; she was transported by ambulance and initially listed in critical condition. In the days that followed, police updates noted brief impro
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