Lafayette police investigate shooting

Lafayette police are looking for a man who shot and wounded another man early Monday morning.

About 1:50 a.m., police received a report that a shooting victim was at the Marathon store at Ferry and Ninth streets, where they found a 33-year-old man with several gunshot wounds to his body.

He was taken to a local hospital and is expected to survive, police said.

Investigators are looking for the assailant. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Lafayette Police Department at 765-807-1200 or the anonymous WeTip Hotline at 800-782-7463.