On the night of January 27, 2020, 35-year-old Hiram Phillips Jr. was shot to death at his home in the 900 block of Short Seventh Street in Natchitoches, Louisiana. Officers responding to a disturbance call found Phillips and 41-year-old Larry Batiste both deceased from gunshot wounds. A third victim, Phillips’ girlfriend, suffered life-threatening injuries and was taken to Ochsner LSU Health in Shreveport for emergency care.

Authorities identified three suspects in the double homicide: Jessie James Petite Jr., 21 at the time; 17-year-old Daereion Latchie; and 22-year-old Jaleel Tousant. Arrest warrants charging each with two counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of Phillips and Batiste and two counts of attempted first-degree murder for the injured girlfriend were issued, and the suspects were later taken into custody and booked into the Natchitoches Parish Jail.

Are there details about that night or the victims’ connections that anyone in the community can add?