A man was arrested Tuesday in connection with a fatal shooting over the weekend at a Houma apartment complex, authorities said.
Joseph Simmons III, 28, of 214 Paxton St., Houma, is charged with second-degree murder, the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff s Office said.
He s accused of killing Troy Taylor Jr. Saturday at the Cameron Isles Apartment Complex at 711 Enterprise Drive.
Taylor, a resident of the apartment complex, suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was transported to Terrebonne General Medical Center, where he was later pronounced dead.
Police did not release a motive in the shooting.
With help from the Houma Police Department, U.S. Marshal’s Service and the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, detectives found Simmons in Harvey and took him into custody without incident, authorities said.
Jefferson Parish Sheriffâs Office detectives suspect Jamal Harris shot and killed Jessica Troulliet and her father, Robert Templet Jr., leaving their bodies in her SUV in Marrero, after his internet date with the woman didnât go as planned.
Investigators canât say for sure what set off their suspect in the October double homicide. But from text messages and a statement that Harris, 36, gave them, they pieced together that the pair argued at Troullietâs home during the date after she tried to get rid of him by pretending she had a rendezvous planned that night with another man, homicide detective Steven Keller said during a court hearing.
Kenner police on Tuesday (Dec. 1) released this photo of a man they say was involved in an robbery at a Shell gasoline station in the 3500 block of Williams Boulevard which led to the fatal shooting of store clerk Abd El Ghader Sylla on Nov. 30, 2020, Kenner police said. (via Kenner PD)