On the afternoon of March 19, 2018, Darren Deedy Phillip Cheneau, 51, and his girlfriend Chantelle Johnson were shot and killed while seated in a parked vehicle near the corner of St. Claude Avenue and St. Claude Court in the Holy Cross neighborhood of New Orleans. Johnson’s one-year-old daughter was in the car and was not harmed; family members say Cheneau may have shielded the child from the gunfire.

The alleged shooter was identified as Ammond Wright, a 16-year-old first cousin who reportedly lived with Cheneau nearby. Relatives described Wright as having acted strangely in the weeks before the shooting, with some saying he seemed possessed. Wright was arrested by the New Orleans Police Department and was scheduled for a probable cause hearing to decide whether he would be prosecuted as a juvenile or an adult.

Family members said they were stunned because Cheneau had treated Wright like a son. The motive remains unclear. If anyone has information about the couple, the teen involved, or the events leading up to March 19, please share what is known.