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Samuel Chocico was 22 when he was killed in his Baton Rouge apartment on North Donmoor Avenue in the early morning hours of August 3, 2019. A male intruder forced entry, pistol-whipped Chocico, then shot him multiple times and fled with the victim’s wallet and two cell phones. A witness in the apartment was awakened by the attack.

Investigation activity focused quickly on a suspect identified as Damian Dowels. Surveillance from the apartment complex showed a man riding a bicycle near the scene around the time of the killing, wearing yellow gloves. Officers recovered the two stolen phones and a pair of yellow gloves in a nearby drainage ditch; DNA from those gloves matched Dowels, whose profile was already in the system from a prior burglary. Based on the witness account and the DNA link, Dowels was arrested and booked on one count of first-degree murder.

Are there any neighbors or visitors who recall seeing a bicyclist in that area the morning of August 3, 2019?