Darrell Wheeler Jr., 25, was shot and killed while sitting in his parked vehicle in the 600 block of Patsy Street in Opelousas, Louisiana, on December 19, 2020. He was struck in the head and died at the scene; the Opelousas Police Department investigated the shooting as a homicide.

Investigators identified 25-year-old Eddie Stagg Jr., also of Opelousas, as the primary suspect. Ten days later, on December 29, 2020, Stagg was arrested and charged with the second-degree murder of Wheeler and with the attempted second-degree murder of Cleveland Roberts, who was reportedly standing in a front yard on Patsy Street and was shot at after Wheeler was hit.

In April 2023 a St. Landry Parish jury found Eddie Stagg Jr. guilty on all counts, including second-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder, and illegal possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. On April 27, 2023, a district judge imposed the mandatory life sentence for second-degree murder without probation, parole, or suspension of sentence.

Did anyone in Opelousas see Wheeler’s vehicle or the events on Patsy Street that night?