UPDATE: Three more arrests have been made in the murder case.

18-year-old Ayden C. McDonald and 19-year-old Trevis L. Thomas - both of Lafayette - have each been charged with Attempted 1st Degree Robbery.

20-year-old Derek J. Junca of Baldwin has been charged with Principle to 1st Degree Murder.

All suspects were booked into the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center.

 

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The Crimiinal Investigations Division of the Lafayette Police Department says 27-year-old Tyler James Hebert of New Iberia has been arrested in the shooting death of an 18-year-old man last week.

The United States Marshals Service Violent Offender Task Force out of Colorado team up with the same division in Lafayette to find Hebert in Aurora, Colorado.

Officials say that Christian Roper was gunned down at Grand Pointe Apartments on Kaliste Saloom Road on March 13.

Tyler James Hebert, photo courtesy of the Lafayette Police Department
Tyler James Hebert, photo courtesy of the Lafayette Police Department
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Hebert was arrested on a First Degree Murder warrant, and officials here are waiting for the man to be extradited from Colorado.

Once he is here, he will be booked into the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center.

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