Nah, there's no way they are going to kill off Lafayette. Like you said, he's one of the best characters out there. But I think it was a werewolf, because of the noise it made, and because he jumped up on the dumpster when it came towards him. But definitely connected to that State Rep.

I think that woman is a shape shifter, based upon when she was sitting there outside, she had that weird vibration going on around her, and when Tara almost hit her on the road, she was naked, just like Sam is when he comes out of it. And Sam ripped her off some how?