On the afternoon of March 28, 2022, 21-year-old Fredrick Harris was fatally shot around 4:00 p.m. in the 1800 block of Birch Street in Baton Rouge. Officers found Harris with multiple gunshot wounds and he was pronounced dead at the scene. Initially there was no known motive or suspects and the case remained under investigation for an extended period.

Homicide detectives later identified 31-year-old Joseph Jacobs as a suspect. On January 31, 2025, the U.S. Marshal’s Task Force arrested Jacobs in the 6200 block of Blueberry Street; he was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison and faces a second-degree murder charge in connection with Harris’s death. The investigation is still ongoing.

If anyone in Baton Rouge knew Fredrick Harris, saw activity on Birch Street that afternoon, or has information about the shooting, please come forward to investigators.