Friend says man killed in barbershop shooting was talented, great guy [Video]

LAFAYETTE PARISH, La. (KLFY) — Friends of Johnny Trailer Jr., who was tragically killed over the weekend, say the 48-year-old Lafayette man was an amazing, talented person who will be missed dearly.

Trailer was killed Saturday in a shooting that occurred around 9 a.m. at a barbershop where he worked on Louisiana Avenue between Mudd Avenue and Simcoe Street. Lafayette police say a customer was also severely injured in the shooting.

Marcus Onezime, a friend of Trailer, said the Lafayette barber leaves a lasting impact behind.

“What a tragedy for us to have to experience losing him,” Onezime said.

Onezime expresses nothing but kind words and gratitude for Trailer, Jr.

“He wasn’t the type of person who gave an aura of being disrespectful or having anything in his midst to make someone want to do something to him. He was just a great guy, an amazing young man, an amazing young man,” Onezime said.

Onezime …