Jonathan Pizzuto, 38, was shot and killed inside his Metairie home on January 17, 2022, while playing video games with his roommate, William Mitchell, 36. A friend who arrived to join them found their bodies and called authorities. Pizzuto, a graduate of Archbishop Rummel High School, is remembered by family as kind, caring and warmhearted with a great sense of humor.

Investigators identified 27-year-old Cody Labranche of Ponchatoula as the primary suspect. Authorities say Labranche blamed Pizzuto for the 2020 overdose death of Labranche’s sister, Brittany, who had been Pizzuto’s fiancée. Labranche was arrested on February 11, 2022, and charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of obstruction of justice after he said he had disposed of the gun and had taken Pizzuto’s dog, Dro, abandoning it in Hazelhurst, Mississippi.

If anyone knew Jonathan, where he spent his time, or has information about that night, please come forward.