UPDATE: Victims of double homicide identified

Published 4:42 pm Monday, March 28, 2022

Two Houston men have been identified as the victims in Friday night’s double homicide near the intersection of Common and LaGrange streets.

Lake Charles Police Lt. Jeffrey Keenum said the men have been identified as James Malik Johnson, 22, and Jacob Yarbrough, 18.

Det. Jeff Atkinson is the lead investigator of this case.

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