Dwight Breaux, a 42-year-old African American man, was killed after a drug transaction in Jennings, Louisiana. On October 16, 2019, Breaux and another man drove to a West Street residence belonging to 41-year-old Steven John Edwards. Around 9 p.m. gunfire broke out; both men were struck. A bullet also pierced the rear window of their vehicle while a three-year-old child sat in the backseat but narrowly avoided injury.

Breaux was taken to Jennings American Legion Hospital in critical condition and later died. The second victim survived and was later transferred to a trauma center in stable condition. Investigators recovered a handgun and several bullet casings at the scene, and police arrested Edwards after witness statements and the surviving victim identified him as the shooter. He was charged with first-degree murder, two counts of attempted first-degree murder, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

Both men had prior gun-related incidents: Breaux had been shot in the leg three weeks earlier and was uncooperative with that investigation; Edwards had been shot at the same West Street residence the year before and lost a leg. Does anyone have information about the October 16, 2019 shooting or the people involved?