A long-running neighbor dispute in Metairie ended in violence on May 5, 2018. Lee ’Big Lee’ Martin, 53, owner of a local towing company and known as an LSU superfan, was shot and killed outside his home on Bonnabel Boulevard after spraying water from a hose into the truck of his 78-year-old neighbor, Wayne Higgins. After a verbal exchange, Martin sprayed the interior of the vehicle; Higgins emerged with a firearm and shot Martin. Martin was found dead at the side of his home.

Wayne Higgins surrendered to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office and was arrested on a charge of second-degree murder. Video surveillance from a neighboring house captured the events leading up to the shooting. Higgins pleaded not guilty and was released on a $500,000 bond. The criminal case did not reach trial; Higgins died in 2022 at age 82, leaving the legal outcome unresolved.

Does anyone have memories of the neighborhood or information about the long-running feud between these two men?