Opelousas, La (KADN)-Â Â "Kentravion was fifteen, yall shot him in the head and he didn't deserve to die."
In a press conference, Opelousas Police Chief Martin McLendon says says surveillance video in the area of the shooting allowed investigators to identify the suspects. Also thanking the community for their help.
"We can't stop people from committing these crimes because we don't know that they are going to do that. But we are firm in our commitment, the men and women of the Opelousas Police Department, that they cannot stop us from finding them and bringing them to justice," says Chief McLendon.
These three individuals along with sixteen-year-old Daqualon Robinson are wanted for first-degree murder.
Father, Kentrail George says what breaks his heart the most is never hearing his son's voice again, learning his son had been shot through social media. "I can't even hold a conversation none of that. They've robbed that from me, my son just turned fifteen. I just want y'all to turn yourselves in. Make it easy for yourself because they will find you.
Founder of the Bully Box Project, Shauna Sias spoke for the family, as everyone still wonders why he was killed. "He didn't have to die. You got mamas crying, he has siblings, he has classmates. An entire community is hurting because yall couldn't talk about it."
Pleading for better for the younger generation.
"The actions yall are doing, yall are destroying your families. Yall are destroying your lives before it ever gets started," says Sias.
"It's important that we save our children's lives. Our babies live because they are not adults, they are really babies," says another Opelousas resident.
Chief McLendon emphasized wanting better for the Opelousas community. "We are stronger than this and we will not give up, we will continue to show up and work for the people and solve these crimes. But we are asking for it to come to a stop."
The case is still in the early stages as Opelousas Police ask anyone with any information related to this homicide or the whereabouts of the suspects.
Contact the Opelousas Police Department at 337-948-2500, or through crime stoppers (337-948-tips.
