In the late afternoon of February 8, 2021, 30-year-old DeWayne Hutton, an African American male, was shot in the 100 block of East Stanley Street in Hammond, Louisiana. The shooting was reported around 2:42 p.m.; when Hammond Police Department officers arrived they found two people with gunshot wounds. Both were taken by ambulance to North Oaks Medical Center, where Hutton died and the other victim survived with non-life-threatening injuries.

Investigators determined the shooting was not random and named 19-year-old Taurus Robinson of Independence, Louisiana, as the primary suspect. Robinson was also wanted on a separate felony warrant for Accessory to Attempted Murder from an incident on November 26, 2020. Believed to be armed and dangerous, a warrant was issued; Robinson surrendered to Hammond detectives a few days after the shooting and was arrested on numerous charges related to Hutton’s death, including First Degree Murder and multiple counts of Attempted First Degree Murder.

Hutton’s funeral was held February 20, 2021, at New Day Missionary Baptist Church in Hammond. If anyone has information about DeWayne Hutton or the events on East Stanley Street, please share what is known.