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Tangipahoa Parish names suspects arrested for home invasion; links arrests to gang activity Home invasion suspects arrested and linked to gang activity (Source: TPSO) By Jesse Brooks | April 28, 2021 at 5:07 PM CDT - Updated April 28 at 5:23 PM HAMMOND, La. (WVUE) - The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office released the identities of four of the five arrested suspects involved in a home invasion that led to a homeowner stabbing a suspect to death. Chief Jimmy Travis said that crime is linked to gang activity in the area. Travis said that all of the suspects are believed to be members...

Christopher Austin Jr (a.k.a Capone) Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff deputies say a homeowner used a pair of scissors to fight back against an armed robber who got inside his home. Chief Jimmy Travis says the homeowner feared for his life and two small children as one of the assailants was attacking him. “He was forced to grab a pair of shears to defend himself and his family and it resulted in one of the assailants being critically wounded and died there on the scene,” Travis said. Twenty-six-year-old Devin Mitchell of Hammond died from his injuries. Travis says Mitchell was one of five people...

Man Kills Suspected Gang Member With Scissors Protecting Family During Home Invasion On 4/29/21 at 4:57 AM EDT A Louisiana man stabbed and killed a robber with a pair of scissors while defending his family from a violent attack by suspected gang members, officials have said. The homeowner "was forced to use deadly force to protect his family and himself from armed intruders," during the armed robbery and home invasion at a residence on E. Louisiana Avenue in Hammond on April 12, the local Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office said in a news release on Facebook. Devin Mitchell, a 26 year-old Hamm...

Home intruder stabbed to death identified by Tangipahoa Parish officials Hammond burglary suspect killed By Jesse Brooks | April 22, 2021 at 4:06 PM CDT - Updated April 22 at 9:44 PM HAMMOND, La. (WVUE) - A man that was stabbed to death for allegedly breaking into a home on the outskirts of Hammond has been identified by the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office. Devin Mitchell, 27, of Hammond, died as the result of being stabbed by a homeowner who told authorities that a burglary was in progress when he arrived at his residence, said TPSO Chief Jimmy Travis. The incident occurred near...

Security guard charged with murder after shooting man at Walgreens, police say Devin Mitchell is charged with second-degree murder after shooting, killing man at a local Walgreens. (Source: MPD) By Ned Dannenberg | February 21, 2021 at 9:15 PM CST - Updated February 22 at 4:31 PM MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - A Memphis security guard was arrested and charged with second-degree murder after a shooting at a midtown Walgreens. The shooting happened Saturday night at the store at Poplar and Cleveland, according to the Memphis Police Department. According to an arrest affidavit, 40-year-old secur...