Donte Perry, 33, a tattoo artist, was shot and killed at his apartment on Rufus Bankston Road in Hammond, Louisiana, on the night of September 12, 2022. Perry was home with his three children when three to four armed, masked men forced their way inside and reportedly demanded drugs and money. Perry was shot multiple times and died at the scene.

Perry’s 12-year-old daughter was also shot multiple times; investigators say her wounds appeared to result from an effort to eliminate a witness. She was taken to a nearby hospital and survived after several surgeries. The two younger children, ages seven and three, were physically unharmed, though one intruder reportedly put a gun to the seven-year-old’s head and the weapon misfired.

The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office arrested three suspects: Omarion Hookfin, 21 at the time of arrest, Avery Guidry, 18, and Tra’von Johnson, 19. All three were charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, armed robbery, and aggravated kidnapping. Hookfin, Guidry, and Johnson had previously escaped from the Tangipahoa Parish Jail in May 2024 and were recaptured days later.

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