Chalmette man dies in domestic-related shooting in Bay St. Louis

A  Chalmette, Louisiana man is dead after a domestic-related shooting in the Bay Pines area of Bay St. Louis overnight.

Hancock County Coroner Jeff Hair identified the victim as 32-year-old Stephen Mosley. He died of injuries from a gunshot wound.

Police were called to a residence in the 700 block of Louis Piernas Drive about 10 p.m. Thursday night where they found Mosley and 37-year-old Lakeila Billizon both shot. in the torsos.

The couple were in a dating relationship and lived together. A physical altercation escalated, police say, into a fight over a firearm, which discharged once, hitting both people.

Mosley was taken to Ochsner Medical Center – Hancock, where he died. Billizon was taken to a Louisiana hospital for treatment and is in serious but stable condition.

The investigation is ongoing.