Deshaun Singleton was 17 when he was found dead just before 9 p.m. on a Monday evening in Violet, Louisiana. Deputies responding to gunfire on Daniel and Stacie Drives discovered a vehicle crashed into an electrical pole in the 3000 block of Daniel Drive. Singleton was in the driver’s seat with a single, fatal gunshot wound to his head and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators identified 27-year-old Jeff Shields and 19-year-old Dwestley Rodriguez Ratcliff Jr. as primary suspects. Shields was located and arrested, booked on a charge of second-degree murder and held on $850,000 bond. An arrest warrant was issued for Ratcliff on the same charge and authorities asked the public for help locating him.

If anyone has information about what happened that night or Ratcliff’s whereabouts, please share what is known with the St. Bernard Parish Sheriff’s Office.