fatal shooting

Ernest Bernard Felton was arrested Friday on two counts of second-degree murder for the shooting that killed two Southern University co-eds.

The victim was fatally shot after trying to intervene in an argument.

Detectives say the handgun was not securely stored before the girl was able to get a hold of it.

A Thibodaux man was arrested and another is on the run following a shooting on Berlin Road.

Crowley Police Chief K.P. Gibson said that his detectives are following up on several leads to determine who fired the deadly shots.

Lafayette Police Department officers are looking for the person responsible for the shooting death of a man on Christmas Day.

MARRERO, La. (AP) — Jefferson Parish sheriff's deputies are investigating an overnight fatal shooting in Marrero. Sheriff's spokesman Glen Boyd says deputies responded to a call of shots around 11 p.m. Wednesday and found a man lying on the ground in an empty lot with multiple bullet wounds...

METAIRIE, La. (AP) — Jefferson Parish sheriff's deputies say a 15-year-old New Orleans boy was shot and killed in the midst of a large crowd in Metairie. Col. John Fortunato identified the victim of Thursday night's shooting as Joey Davis...

19-year-old Terrell Tmichael Lyons of New Orleans and 19-year-old Quincy Raheem Markee Mouton of Church Point face 2nd Degree Murder charges in the shooting death of 22-year-old Alfor Charles Wheeler of Rayne.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A 24-year-old Baton Rouge man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison after pleading guilty in the 2007 shooting death of a 17-year-old boy. The Advocate reports Darryl Stovall, who was scheduled to stand trial this week on a second-degree murder charge, pleaded guilty Monday to manslaughter and armed robbery charges in the March 2, 2007, slaying of Devion Goings... Re

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A 26-year-old man was sentenced to 50 years in prison after pleading guilty in a February 2011 shooting at a Zachary mobile home park that left one man dead. Kenneth Nixon, of Zachary, who was charged with one count of second-degree murder and two counts of attempted second-degree murder, pleaded guilty Monday to a reduced charge of manslaughter and both attempted mur

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A 28-year-old Baton Rouge man was shot and killed outside his apartment complex following an argument with four other men. Police tell The Advocate that Royal Anthony Jones was sitting with a group of friends when he received a text message at 1:15 p...