Protesters and police clashed in Lafayette, Louisiana, a day after police fatally shot Trayford Pellerin, a 31-year-old Black man, outside a convenience store.
On Saturday night, protesters blocked traffic as they gathered on Moss Street in Lafayette near a police precinct to protest Pellerin's death, CNN affiliate KATC reported.Police in riot gear gave a 10-minute warning before releasing flares and smoke canisters into the crowd of protesters, KATC reported.Afterward, Interim Lafayette Police Chief Scott Morgan drew a distinction between protesters who organized an event earlier in the day and those who he said"choose to be malicious.
Saturday night's events came a day after Lafayette Police officers were called to a convenience store shortly after 8 p.m. Friday to respond to a"disturbance involving a person armed with a knife," according to a statement from the Louisiana State Police.There, police found Pellerin in the store's parking lot with a knife, the statement says. When officers tried to apprehend him, Pellerin left and officers followed on foot.
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