UPDATE: Four arrested for shooting (7/6, 2:30 p.m.)
Posted July 6, 2009 at 2:30 pm
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Lake Charles police have arrested a total of four people in connection with the shooting death of 20-year-old Lance Cpl. Daniel Cole Gueringer.
Bryce Wayne Perkins, 23, and Austin Michael Rousseau, 20, have been charged with second degree murder.
Two other men, Derrick Pelloquin, 22, and Greg Weisner, 23, have been charged with accessory after the fact and obstruction of justice.
Lake Charles police chief Don Dixon said they suspect the four men had been attempting to orchestrate a cover-up.
Dixon confirmed that Perkins is the son of a city police officer, but said it had no bearing on the case.
“We are leaving no stone unturned and we are going to charge him with everything we possibly can,” Dixon said.
Gueringer was on leave from Camp LeJeune in North Carolina for the July 4th holiday.
Dixon said around 2 a.m. on July 5th an unwanted guest was forced to leave a Fourth of July party at 4030 W. Prien Lake Road.
The man called Perkins and Rousseau and an argument ensued.
“We determined that Perkins was the shooter and Gueringer was trying to break up the fight,” Dixon said