On the afternoon of November 17, 2022, a traffic crash on North Boulevard in Baton Rouge brought 31-year-old Curtis Trusclair Jr to the scene after one of the drivers called him. Trusclair was rushed to a local hospital and initially believed likely to survive, but he died of his injuries on December 7, 2022.

Officers chased and apprehended Jupiter at the scene after he fled on foot. He was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison and initially charged with attempted first-degree murder and weapons offenses; after Trusclair’s death the charge was upgraded to second-degree murder. The sequence from a vehicle collision to a fatal shooting raises several questions about what happened between the crash and the confrontation.

If anyone witnessed the crash, the shooting, or saw either vehicle or person before or after the incident, please share what was seen.