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Former Lady Lobo basketball player pleads guilty in 2022 shooting death

McAfee will be sentenced Aug. 14 after a presentencing investigation, the Acadiana Advocate reported.

LONGVIEW, Texas — A former Lady Lobo basketball player has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the May 2022 shooting death of her boyfriend in Louisiana.

Destiny Leann McAfee, 24, was charged in the May 28, 2022, fatal shooting of Lavar Manuel, 43, in Lafayette Parish. She originally was indicted on a charge of second-degree murder.

McAfee will be sentenced Aug. 14 after a presentencing investigation, the Acadiana Advocate reported.

Read more from the Longview News-Journal here.

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