On the night of Saturday, March 31, 2018, a dispute at the Shop Rite convenience store at 247 Keyser Avenue in Natchitoches, Louisiana, escalated into a deadly confrontation. Calls to police came in at about 11:13 p.m. reporting multiple gunshots. Officers found Jamal Haskett, a Black male, with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to Natchitoches Regional Medical Center and pronounced dead.

Investigators from the Natchitoches Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division determined a physical altercation had occurred between Haskett and another man, identified as 21-year-old Jaquarious Tyjuan Ardison of Campti, Louisiana. Authorities say both men exchanged gunfire during the fight; Haskett was killed. A first-degree murder warrant was obtained for Ardison, who was booked into the Natchitoches Parish Detention Center.

If anyone witnessed the shooting or has information about the events at the store that night, please come forward.