Wayne Martin was shot and killed after a birthday celebration in Marrero, Louisiana. The 30-year-old, a native of New Orleans and a Marrero resident who had worked as a cook at Papa John’s Pizza and Zea Restaurant, was wounded in the eye and collapsed in the parking lot of an auto parts store on September 25, 2022. The shooting followed an earlier altercation that began inside a lounge on Ames Boulevard.

Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office investigators identified 46-year-old Lucien Bazley as the shooter. A SWAT team located Bazley the day after the killing; he surrendered after about an hour-long standoff and was arrested on a charge of second-degree murder. Surveillance footage from a nearby business was shown at trial; it reportedly captured Bazley walking ahead of Martin before turning and shooting him. No weapon was found on Martin at the scene. The jury rejected Bazley’s claim of self-defense and convicted him of manslaughter; he had also been convicted in a related proceeding of being a felon in possession of a firearm.