ELYSIAN FIELDS, Texas — The East Texas teenager who was shot and killed during a Mardi Gras parade in Shreveport has been identified as a student at Elysian Fields ISD.
According to KTBS, Kip Lewis, 17, of Marshall, was shot around 5:45 p.m., near Clyde Fant Memorial Parkway during a parade Saturday.
KTBS reports Lewis died around 6:15 p.m. at a Shreveport-area hospital.
Elysian Fields ISD released the following statement regarding Lewis’ death:
“Our Elysian Fields community is heartbroken at the tragic loss of one of our own. Kip Lewis, a junior student at Elysian Fields High School, passed away Saturday evening.
Kip is the son of Bradley and Lorie Lewis, and brother of EFHS graduates Makenna and Hannah. Bradley serves as a board member on the EFISD Board of Trustees and Lorie has been a longtime second-grade teacher at Elysian Fields Elementary School.
Our hearts are breaking for Kip’s family and his many friends in our community and beyond. EFISD is closed for Presidents Day on Monday but the district will make increased counseling services available from our district, through Region 7 ESC, and our local churches for all students when we return to school on Tuesday.
We ask that you please join us in surrounding the Lewis family with love and prayers as we commit to standing with them through this most difficult time.”
Lewis’ body has been sent for autopsy.
CBS19 will update this article as more information becomes available.