On Friday, August 22, 2020, 31 year old Trayford Pellerin was fatally shot by a Lafayette police officer in Lafayette, Louisiana. The officers had been called to a Lafayette convenience store shortly after 8 p.m. Friday to respond to a "disturbance involving a person armed with a knife." The police found Trayford in the store's parking lot with a knife, the statement says. When officers tried to apprehend him, he left and officers followed on foot. The police used Tasers as they pursued him, the statement says, "but they were ineffective."
The officers shot Trayford as he tried to enter a convenience store along NW Evangeline Thruway, according to Louisiana State Police. Pellerin was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.This petition will be sent to the Lafayette City Council, the Lafayette Police Department, The Louisiana Police Department and the Mayor of Lafayette Josh Guillory. The officers need to be held accountable for their actions!  Trayford Deserves Justice!! SAY HIS NAME!

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