Darrell Simmons III, 19, was shot and killed in his Baton Rouge home on Old Hermitage Parkway in the Gardere area on the evening of May 22, 2022, at about 7:35 p.m. The attacker is identified as 24-year-old Robert Brown Jr. of Slidell.

After the initial shooting, Brown allegedly held Simmons’ girlfriend and her sister at gunpoint for roughly 45 minutes, pacing through the living room and kitchen and continuing to point the firearm at them. The report says Brown shot Simmons again as he lay wounded on the kitchen floor; Simmons was pronounced dead at the scene. Brown then reportedly stole marijuana from the home and fled.

Responders found a man changing clothes in nearby woods and recovered discarded dark clothing, a wallet with Robert Brown’s identification, and two handguns. Brown was later located and arrested in Marrero by the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Department on an outstanding warrant tied to the Gardere shooting and charged with first-degree murder, aggravated burglary, false imprisonment, and two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm. The motive is reported as related to Brown’s prior relationship with Simmons’ girlfriend. Anyone with information about the case is asked to come forward.