A domestic dispute in New Orleans’ Little Woods neighborhood ended in the fatal shooting of 23-year-old Gregory Peter Heisser III and his fiancée Darnisha Desilva on October 9, 2018. Their three young children, including a one-year-old son and a three-year-old daughter, were in the home and witnessed the killings.

Investigators identified Kenneth Augustine, the ex-boyfriend of Desilva’s sister, as the shooter. Prosecutors said the motive was tied to that domestic dispute. Augustine fled after the shooting; his mother and sister later pleaded guilty for helping him evade police and served six-month sentences for their roles.

In May 2024 a jury convicted Augustine of two counts of second-degree murder, and he received two mandatory life sentences without the possibility of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.